My version of sweet home Chicago. Sweet Home Chicago B-side Walkin' Blues Released August 1937 Format Ten-inch 78 rpm record Recorded Gunter Hotel, Room 414, San Antonio, Texas, November 23, 1936 Genre Blues Length 2:59 Label Vocalion Writer(s) Robert Johnson "Sweet Home Chicago" is a blues standard first recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937. Although he is often credited as the songwriter, several songs have been identified as precedents. The song has become a popular anthem for the city of Chicago despite ambiguity in Johnson's original lyrics. Numerous artists have interpreted the song in a variety of styles.