Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Sweet Home Alabama
Entered Jul 27, 1974 · peaked at #8 on Oct 26, 1974 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 18, 2026
- Record Power
- 27.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 18
- July 1974 – July 2026
Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.What it earned each artist
Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | primary | 100% | 27.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 26, 1974 on the timeline →- #1Then Came YouDionne Warwicke & Spinners
- #2You Haven't Done NothinStevie Wonder
- #3You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Free WheelinBachman-Turner Overdrive
- #4JazzmanCarole King
- #5The Bitch Is BackElton John
- #6Can't Get EnoughBad Company
- #7Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)Tony Orlando & Dawn
- #8Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrd
- #9Stop And Smell The RosesMac Davis
- #10Love Me For A ReasonThe Osmonds
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