Saturday Night Special (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)

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"Saturday Night Special"
Single by Lynyrd Skynyrd
from the album Nuthin' Fancy
B-side	"Made in the Shade"
Released	May 19, 1975
Recorded	August 1974
Genre	Southern rock hard rock heavy metal[1]
Length	5:09
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant
Producer(s)	Al Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd singles chronology
"Free Bird" (1974) "Saturday Night Special" (1975) "Double Trouble" (1976)

"Saturday Night Special" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It is the opening track on their album Nuthin' Fancy. The song addresses fatal tragedies involving guns.