Sweet Home Alabama was written in reply to Neil Young's song Southern Man.
 He claimed that the song was originally intended as the unabashed defense of Alabama, and even Wallace, that the song appears to be:I can understand where the "boo boo boo" would be misunderstood
 In 2009, the state of Alabama began using the phrase as an official slogan on motor-vehicle license plates, and Riley noted that the song is the third most-played that refers to a specific destination

