Double Trouble (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)

"Double Trouble"
Single by Lynyrd Skynyrd
from the album Gimme Back My Bullets
Released February 2, 1976
Recorded Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia, Nov. 30, 1975
Genre Southern rock
Length 2:51
Label MCA Records
Writer(s) Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins
Producer(s) Al Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd singles chronology
"Made in the Shade"
(1975)
"Double Trouble"
(1975)
"Roll Gypsy Roll"
(1976)

"Double Trouble" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, written by Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins, which was recorded in 1975. It appears on the band fourth album, Gimme Back My Bullets, and was released as a single in the United States. It peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and at number 86 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles.[2]

Content

The song features Ronnie Van Zant singing about how he is a troublemaker. Lyrics include "Double Trouble, is what my friends all call me". The song also features backup vocals from The Honkettes.[3]

Notes

  1. "Gimme Back My Bullets – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending APRIL 24, 1976 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 2, 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. "Lynyrd Skynyrd – Double Trouble Lyrics". LyricsFreak. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

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