Songs performed or written by Otis Redding&nbsp;&nbsp;

03/1963

These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding

from Pain in My Heart

85
US

20
R&B

[Volt 103]
written by Otis Redding

10/1963

That's What My Heart Needs by Otis Redding

from Pain in My Heart

27
R&B

[Volt 109]
written by Otis Redding

11/1963

Pain in My Heart by Otis Redding

from Pain in My Heart

61
US

11
R&B

[Volt 112]
written by Allen Toussaint (as Naomi Neville)

03/1964

Come to Me by Otis Redding

from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

69
US

26
R&B

[Volt 116]
written by Otis Redding

& Phil Walden

05/1964

Security by Otis Redding

from Pain in My Heart

97
US

23
R&B

[Volt 117]
written by Otis Redding

10/1964

Chained and Bound by Otis Redding

from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

70
US

6
R&B

[Volt 121]
written by Otis Redding

01/1965

That's How Strong My Love Is by Otis Redding

from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

74
US

18
R&B

[Volt 124]
written by Roosevelt Jamison

02/1965

Mr. Pitiful by Otis Redding

from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

41
US

10
R&B

B side to That's How Strong My Love Is
[Volt 124]
written by Steve Cropper & Otis Redding

05/1965

I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now) by Otis Redding

from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

21
US

2
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #110]
[Volt 126]
written by Otis Redding

10.

09/1965

Respect by Otis Redding

from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

35
US

4
R&B

[Volt 128]
written by Otis Redding

11.

11/1965

My Girl by Otis Redding

from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

11
UK

written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

12.

12/1965

Just One More Day by Otis Redding

from The Soul Album

85
US

15
R&B

B side to I Can't Turn You Loose
[Volt 130]
written by Otis Redding

, Steve Cropper & McElvoy Robinson

13.

12/1965

I Can't Turn You Loose by Otis Redding

11
R&B

29
UK

[Volt 130]
written by Otis Redding

14.

03/1966

Satisfaction by Otis Redding

from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

31
US

4
R&B

33
UK

[Volt 132]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

15.

06/1966

My Lover's Prayer by Otis Redding

from Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

61
US

10
R&B

37
UK

[Volt 136]
written by Otis Redding

16.

10/1966

Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) by Otis Redding

from Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

29
US

12
R&B

23
UK

[Volt 138]
written by Steve Cropper & Otis Redding

The Rationals

17.

11/1966

Respect by The Rationals

92
US

[Cameo 437]
written by Otis Redding

18.

12/1966

Try a Little Tenderness by Otis Redding

from Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

25
US

4
R&B

46
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #204]
[Volt 141]
written by Jimmy Campbell (as part of Irving King), Reg Connelly (as part of Irving King) & Harry M. Woods

Arthur Conley

19.

03/1967

③ Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley

from Sweet Soul Music

318

2
US

2
R&B

7
UK

[artist #3 hit]
[Atco 6463]
written by Otis Redding

, Arthur Conley & Sam Cooke (uncredited)

20.

03/1967

Day Tripper by Otis Redding

from Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

43
UK

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

21.

04/1967

I Love You More Than Words Can Say by Otis Redding

from The Dock of the Bay

78
US

30
R&B

[Volt 146]
written by Eddie Floyd & Booker T. Jones

Aretha Franklin

22.

04/1967

② Respect by Aretha Franklin

from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

328

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

10
UK

[artist #2 hit]
rolling stone logo

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #5]
[Atlantic 2403]
written by Otis Redding

23.

05/1967

Let Me Come On Home by Otis Redding

from The Dock of the Bay

48
UK

[Volt 146]
written by Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones & Otis Redding

24.

05/1967

Shake by Otis Redding

from History of Otis Redding

47
US

16
R&B

28
UK

[live]
[Volt 149]
written by Sam Cooke

25.

07/1967

Glory of Love by Otis Redding

from The Dock of the Bay

60
US

19
R&B

[Volt 152]
written by Billy Hill

Mickey Murray

26.

09/1967

Shout Bamalama by Mickey Murray

54
US

11
R&B

[SSS International 715]
written by Otis Redding

27.

01/1968

① (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding

from The Dock of the Bay

379

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

3
UK

[artist #1 hit]
rolling stone logo

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #28]
[recorded some days before his death]
[Volt 157]
written by Otis Redding

28.

02/1968

My Girl by Otis Redding

36
UK

[R]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

Irma Thomas

29.

02/1968

Good to Me by Irma Thomas

42
R&B

[Chess 2036]
written by Otis Redding

Etta James

30.

03/1968

Security by Etta James

from Tell Mama

35
US

11
R&B

53
UK

[Cadet 5594]
written by Otis Redding

& Margaret Wessen

King Curtis

31.

03/1968

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by King Curtis

84
US

32
AC

as King Curtis & The Kingpins
[instrumental]
[Atco 6562]
written by Otis Redding

32.

04/1968

⑤ The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) by Otis Redding

from The Immortal Otis Redding

25
US

10
R&B

24
UK

[artist #5 hit]
[Volt 163]
written by Otis Redding

33.

07/1968

Amen by Otis Redding

from The Immortal Otis Redding

36
US

15
R&B

[Atco 6592]
written by Otis Redding

34.

07/1968

Hard to Handle by Otis Redding

from The Immortal Otis Redding

51
US

38
R&B

15
UK

B side to Amen
[Atco 6592]
written by Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) & Otis Redding

Billy Vera

35.

09/1968

I've Been Loving You Too Long by Billy Vera

121
US

[Atlantic 2555]
written by Otis Redding

36.

09/1968

I've Got Dreams to Remember by Otis Redding

from The Immortal Otis Redding

41
US

6
R&B

[Atco 6612]
written by Otis Redding

& Zelma Redding

Patti Drew

37.

11/1968

Hard to Handle by Patti Drew

from I've Been Here All the Time

93
US

40
R&B

[Capitol 2339]
written by Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) & Otis Redding

The Chambers Brothers

38.

11/1968

I Can't Turn You Loose by The Chambers Brothers

from A New Time, A New Day

37
US

[Columbia 44679]
written by Otis Redding

39.

11/1968

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag by Otis Redding

from In Person At the Whisky A Go Go

21
US

10
R&B

52
UK

[live]
[Atco 6636]
written by James Brown

40.

03/1969

A Lover's Question by Otis Redding

from Love Man

48
US

20
R&B

[Atco 6654]
written by Brook Benton & Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams]

Ike & Tina Turner

41.

04/1969

I've Been Loving You Too Long by Ike & Tina Turner

from Outta Season

68
US

23
R&B

[Blue Thumb 101]
written by Otis Redding

42.

05/1969

Love Man by Otis Redding

from Love Man

72
US

17
R&B

43
UK

[Atco 6677]
written by Otis Redding

Sérgio Mendes

43.

06/1969

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by Sérgio Mendes

from Crystal Illusions

66
US

12
AC

as Sérgio Mendes & Brazil '66
[A&M 1073]
written by Otis Redding

44.

08/1969

Free Me by Otis Redding

from Love Man

103
US

30
R&B

[Atco 6700]
written by Otis Redding

& Gene Lawson

45.

08/1969

(You're Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher by Otis Redding

from Love Man

110
US

US B side to Free Me
[Atco 6700]
written by Carl Smith & Gary Jackson

Barbara Mandrell

46.

09/1969

I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) by Barbara Mandrell

from Treat Him Right

55
country

[Columbia 4-44955]
written by Otis Redding

The Dells

47.

11/1969

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by The Dells

from Love Is Blue

42
US

13
R&B

[Cadet 5658]
written by Otis Redding

48.

04/1970

Demonstration by Otis Redding

from Tell the Truth

105
US

[Atco 6742]
written by Otis Redding

& Don Covay

49.

02/1971

I've Been Loving You Too Long by Otis Redding

from Historic Performances Recorded At The Monterey International Pop Festival

110
US

[R]
[live]
[Atco 6802]
written by Otis Redding

Buddy Miles

50.

05/1971

Wholesale Love by Buddy Miles

from A Message to the People

71
US

49
R&B

[Mercury 73205]
written by Otis Redding

Ike & Tina Turner

51.

07/1971

I've Been Loving You Too Long by Ike & Tina Turner

120
US

[R]
[Blue Thumb 202]
written by Otis Redding

The Edgar Winter Group

52.

05/1972

I Can't Turn You Loose by The Edgar Winter Group

from Roadwork

81
US

as Edgar Winter's White Trash
written by Otis Redding

King Floyd

53.

04/1973

Think About It by King Floyd

from Think About It

49
R&B

[Chimneyville 446]
written by Don Covay & Otis Redding

Aretha Franklin

54.

03/1974

Respect by Aretha Franklin

from The Best of Aretha Franklin

51
UK

[R]
written by Otis Redding

Anthony White

55.

09/1977

I Can't Turn You Loose / Block Party by Anthony White

7
dance

written by Otis Redding

, Earl Young, Norman Harris & Ron Baker

Sammy Hagar

56.

04/1979

The Dock of the Bay by Sammy Hagar

65
US

written by Otis Redding

The Reddings

57.

06/1982

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by The Reddings

from Steamin' Hot

55
US

15
AC

21
R&B

[Believe In A Dream 02836]
written by Otis Redding

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

Zinga Washington

58.

09/1982

Respect by Zinga Washington

from Zinga

40
dance

written by Otis Redding

59.

10/1982

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

from WWII

13
country

[RCA 13319]
written by Otis Redding

Tyrone Brunson

60.

11/1982

The Smurf by Tyrone Brunson

from Sticky Situation

35
dance

14
R&B

as Tyrone "Tystick" Brunson
[instrumental]
[Believe in a Dream 03163]
written by Otis Redding

Michael Bolton

61.

12/1987

④ (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by Michael Bolton

from The Hunger

11
US

19
AC

58
R&B

12
rock

77
UK

[artist #4 hit]
[Columbia 07680]
written by Otis Redding