Sweet Home Alabama
"Sweet Home Alabama" was written as an answer to two songs, "Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young, which dealt with themes of racism and slavery in the American South. "We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two," said Ronnie Van Zant at the time. The following excerpt shows the Neil Young mention in the song:
In his 2012 autobiography "Waging Heavy Peace", Young commented on his role in the song's creation, writing "My own song 'Alabama' richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue".
Sweet Dream Woman
"Sweet Dream Woman" is a song written by Chip Taylor and Al Gorgoni, and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Jennings cut the song in September and October of 1971 at RCA Studios in Nashville, with Ronny Light producing. That recording was released in June 1972 as the second single from the album "Good Hearted Woman". The song reached number 7 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.