<Ul> <Li> As of 2009, the State of Alabama has begun using the phrase "Sweet Home Alabama" as an official slogan on license plates for motor vehicles, with Governor Bob Riley noting that Lynyrd Skynyrd's anthem is the third most - played song referring to a specific destination . (This is also the second Alabama license plate in a row to make reference to a popular song, with the state's previous plate having featured "Stars Fell on Alabama".) </Li> </Ul> <Li> As of 2009, the State of Alabama has begun using the phrase "Sweet Home Alabama" as an official slogan on license plates for motor vehicles, with Governor Bob Riley noting that Lynyrd Skynyrd's anthem is the third most - played song referring to a specific destination . (This is also the second Alabama license plate in a row to make reference to a popular song, with the state's previous plate having featured "Stars Fell on Alabama".) </Li> <P> In the 1980s and 1990s, the song played during warmups of the University of Alabama in Huntsville Charger Hockey team during home games . This song can also be heard before, during, and after many University of Alabama sporting events . Majority of the Alabama fan base have mixed the words "Roll Tide Roll" in the middle of the chorus to relate Alabama sports to the Great State of Alabama . </P> <Ul> <Li> It appears in a 2017 TV commercial for Chili's restaurants . </Li> <Li> In 1990, southern gangster rap group The Geto Boys sampled Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" on "Gangsta of Love". Contained on later versions of their self - titled LP, the mix uses a sample from "Sweet Home" instead of the Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" due to copyright issues . The version included on the original pressing of its 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level had contained the Miller Band sample . </Li> <Li> Used in the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), even though the story in the film takes place in 1973 . </Li> <Li> Used in the 2010 film Despicable Me and featured on its soundtrack album . </Li> </Ul>

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