What's Your Name (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)

"What's Your Name" is a rock song by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It is the opening track on their album Street Survivors. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 6 in the top Canadian songs.

Background

Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Gary Rossington wrote "What's Your Name", while in Miami with producer Tom Dowd and Booker T. & the M.G.'s guitarist Steve Cropper. The lyrics depict a true story of the band drinking at their hotel bar during a tour, when one of their roadies got into a fight. The band got kicked out of the bar, but they went into another room and ordered champagne. However, as the song suggests, the incident did not happen in the city of Boise, Idaho. Instead, when Van Zant found out that the band 38 Special (led by his younger brother Donnie) was starting its first national tour in that city, the lyric was changed.^[1]

Music video

The music video, released after the plane crash which killed several band members, depicts Ronnie's brother, Johnny, along with a newly reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd live in concert (presumably at the Pensacola Civic Center as the music video suggests), interspersed with shots of the road crew setting up for the show, the musicians tuning their instruments, having makeup done, meeting with fans and autographing albums, and showing fans a leisurely side of what the band does in their spare time by having fun playing baseball at a baseball diamond.^[2] At the end of the video, a hat similar to Ronnie's trademark hat can be seen atop a microphone stand as a tribute to him.

Chart performance

Chart (1977-1978)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13

Rock Band Music Gaming Platform

The song was made available to download on November 30, 2010 for use in the Rock Band 3 music gaming platform in both Basic rhythm, and PRO mode which takes advantage of the use of a real guitar / bass guitar, and standard MIDI-compatible electronic drum kits / keyboards in addition to three-part harmony vocals.

References

↑ "What's Your Name by Lynyrd Skynyrd". Songfacts. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
↑ "What's Your Name". Retrieved 24 January 2013.

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Gary Rossington Rickey Medlocke Johnny Van Zant Michael Cartellone Mark Matejka Peter Keys Johnny Colt Ronnie Van Zant Allen Collins Bob Burns Larry Junstrom Greg T. Walker Leon Wilkeson Billy Powell Ed King Artimus Pyle Steve Gaines Randall Hall Kurt Custer Mike Estes Owen Hale Hughie Thomasson Jeff McAllister Kenny Aronoff Ean Evans Robert Kearns

Studio albums	(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) Second Helping Nuthin' Fancy Gimme Back My Bullets Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 The Last Rebel Endangered Species Twenty Edge of Forever Christmas Time Again Vicious Cycle God & Guns Last of a Dyin' Breed

Live albums	One More from the Road Southern by the Grace of God Southern Knights Lyve from Steel Town Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour Authorized Bootleg Lynyrd Skynyrd Live / Cardiff Capitol Theater - Cardiff, Wales Nov. 04 1975 Live from Freedom Hall

Compilations	Skynyrd's First and... Last Gold & Platinum Best of the Rest Legend Skynyrd's Innyrds Lynyrd Skynyrd (Box Set) A Retrospective What's Your Name Old Time Greats Extended Versions: The Encore Collection The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album 20th Century Masters: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd Solo Flytes All Time Greatest Hits Collectybles Then and Now Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Collection Thyrty Greatest Hits Then and Now Volume Two Greatest Hits Icon

Video	Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Freebird... The Movie Lyve From Steel Town Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live from Austin, TX Live from Freedom Hall

Songs	"Tuesday's Gone" "Gimme Three Steps" "Simple Man" "Things Goin' On" "Free Bird" "Mr. Banker" "Don't Ask Me No Questions" "Sweet Home Alabama' "Saturday Night Special" "Double Trouble" "All I Can Do Is Write About It" "What's Your Name" "That Smell" "You Got That Right" "Red White & Blue"

Tours	Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd Tour Second Helping Tour Nuthin' Fancy Tour Gimme Back My Bullets Tour One More From The Road Tour Street Survivors Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 Tour The Last Rebel Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd Twenty Tour Edge of Forever Tour Vicious Cycle Tour Rebels and Bandoleros Tour

Spin-off bands	Rossington Collins Band The Rossington Band Allen Collins Band Artimus Pyle Band Van Zant

Related articles	Discography Band Members Skynyrd Frynds 1977 Convair CV-240 crash Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park Leonard Skinner "All Summer Long"

Lynyrd Skynyrd singles

Singles

(1968) "Michelle / Need All My Friends"
(1971) "I've Been Your Fool / Gotta Go"
(1973) "Gimme Three Steps / Mr. Banker"
(1974) "Don't Ask Me No Questions / Take Your Time"
"Sweet Home Alabama / Take Your Time (demo)"
"Free Bird / Down South Jukin"
(1975) "Saturday Night Special / Made in the Shade"
(1976) "Double Trouble / Roll Gypsy Roll"
"Gimme Back My Bullets / All I Can Do Is Write About It"
"Gimme Three Steps (Live) / Travelin' Man (Live)"
(1977) "What's Your Name / I Know A Little"
(1978) "You Got That Right / Ain't No Good Life"
"Down South Jukin / Wino"

(1987) "Truck Drivin' Man"
(1988) "Swamp Music"
(1991) "Smokestack Lightning"
(1993) "Keeping The Faith"
"Good Lovin's Hard To Find"
"Born To Run"
(1997) "Travelin' Man"
"Bring It On"
(1999) "Preacher Man"
(2003) "Red White & Blue (Love it or Leave)"
(2009) "Still Unbroken"
"Simple Life"
(2010) "Skynyrd Nation"
"That Ain't My America"

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