Reference song
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd is included in the MRP music-supervisor reference catalog as a discovery and research track. Use this page for music-reference research across film, television, advertising, trailers, branded content and creative pitches. Inclusion does not imply that MRP or MFP controls or represents the recording or publishing rights.
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For Music Supervisors
For music supervisors researching Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd, use this page as a reference point for film, TV, advertising, trailer and branded-content music research.
Licensing & clearance
Rights representation
Publishing and master information below is reference research and should be independently verified for the specific use, territory, term, and budget.
Publishing Representation
- Publisher / rightsholder
- Songs of Universal, Inc. and related Universal publishing entities
- Administrator
- Universal Music Publishing Group
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- BMI/ASCAP entities appear in current licensed composition metadata
- Licensing / contact information
- UMPG Film & TV Licensing / license request; verify territory-specific shares before clearance
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-08-30
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Sweet Home Alabama — Lynyrd Skynyrd, original 1974 Second Helping recording
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Universal Music Group / MCA catalog
- Record label
- MCA Records (historic)
- Distributor / administrator
- Universal Music Enterprises / Universal Music Catalogue
- Master licensing / contact information
- UMG Film & TV Licensing request form; confirm exact master control on submission
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-08-30
Rights note: Reference Catalog or playlist inclusion does not imply rights representation. This information is provided as a starting point for licensing research and may change over time. MFP can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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- 1970s
- Categories
- South · Americana · road · comedy
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