The song become the band’s first No. 1 on the Rock Streaming Songs ranking hundreds of weeks into its run.
The Southern rock classic also debuts on the all-genre Streaming Songs chart at No. 23, giving Lynyrd Skynyrd its first appearance on the tally, and reenters the Billboard Global 200 at a new No. 118 peak.
More than a dozen songs that have something to do with America or patriotism – anything that connects them to a general sense of pride in the United States, really – become hits on the Billboard charts this week. The current rankings reflect consumption during the tracking period that included July 4, and that day is one of several holidays throughout the year, in addition to Halloween and Christmas, where a handful of thematically-relevant titles become streaming and sales smashes all over again. Sometimes, this happens decades after they were originally released.
Tracks by artists like Bruce Springsteen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Miley Cyrus, and Lynyrd Skynyrd return to rankings published by Billboard this frame. In some instances, they debut on tallies they've never seen before, while in other instances, they climb to never-before-seen heights.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," which has apparently become a July Fourth staple in the country, reappears on multiple tallies. The band manages to score its first smash on one ranking that did not exist when the group began recording and releasing music more than half a century ago.
