In May 2006, National Review ranked the song number 4 on its list of "50 greatest conservative rock songs ''. In July 2006, CMT ranked it number 1 on the "20 Greatest Southern Rock songs ''. In 2004, the song was ranked number 398 on Rolling Stone 's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. In 2007, the song was used on the Top Gear Greatest Driving Songs album. In 1997, the song was used in movie Con Air. While the song plays in background, Garland Greene (by Steve Buscemi) says to Poe and Baby - O: "Define irony. Bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash '', a reference to the band 's 1977 plane crash. The song is also used briefly in the end credits beginning with Buscemi 's character gambling until the end of the main cast credits.
what films has the song sweet home alabama been in
Con Air