Discography and Biography of Otis Redding. Listen to all their hits.
Otis Redding Songs

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Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 - December 10, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul and rhythm and blues. His singing style was powerfully influential among soul artists of 1960s and helped exemplify the Stax sound.

Below is a list of Otis Redding songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Volt 157
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: The Dock of the Bay / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
1968 Volt
2 record label: Volt 141
chart position: RandB #4, US #25, UK #46
written by: James Campbel, Reginald Connelly & Harry M. Woods
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Try a Little Tenderness
1966 Volt
3 record label: Volt 126
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: Otis Redding & Jerry Butler
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Otis Redding I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)
1965 Volt
4 record label: Volt 138
chart position: RandB #12, US #29, UK #23
written by: Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
1966 Volt
5 record label: Volt 132
chart position: RandB #4, US #31, UK #33
written by: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [northern soul]
 		Otis Redding Satisfaction
1966 Volt
6 record label: Volt 163
chart position: RandB #10, US #25, UK #24
written by: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
1968 Volt
7 record label: Atco 6636
chart position: RandB #10, US #21, UK #52
written by: James Brown
album: In Person At The Whisky A Go Go
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
1968 Atco
8 record label: Volt 128
chart position: RandB #4, US #35
written by: Otis Redding
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
 		Otis Redding Respect
1965 Volt
9 record label: Volt 136
chart position: RandB #10, US# 61, UK #37
written by: Otis Redding
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Otis Redding My Lover's Prayer
1966 Volt
10 record label: Atco 6592
chart position: RandB #38, US #51, UK #15
written by: Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) & Otis Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Hard to Handle
1968 Atco
11 record label: Volt 149
chart position: RandB #16, US #47, UK #28
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul / History of Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Shake
1967 Volt
12 record label: Volt 124
chart position: RandB #10, US #41
written by: Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Otis Redding Mr. Pitiful
1965 Volt
13 record label: Volt 45130
chart position: RandB #11, UK #29
written by: Otis Redding
album: History Of Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding I Can't Turn You Loose
1966 Volt
14 record label: Atco 6612
chart position: RandB #6, US #41
written by: Otis Redding and Zelma Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding I've Got Dreams to Remember
1968 Atco
15 record label: Atco 45 6907
chart position: UK #11
written by: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
 		Otis Redding My Girl
1965 Atco
16 record label: Volt 121
chart position: RandB #6, US #70
written by: Otis Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Otis Redding Chained and Bound
1964 Volt
17 record label: Volt 112
chart position: RandB #11, US #61
written by: Naomi Neville
album: Pain In My Heart
 		Otis Redding Pain In My Heart
1963 Volt
18 record label: Atco 6592
chart position: RandB #15, US #36
written by: Otis Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding Amen
1968 Atco
19 record label: Volt 130
chart position: RandB #15, US #85
written by: Otis Redding, Steve Cropper and McElvoy Robinson
album: The Soul Album Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: B side to I Can't Turn You Loose [deep soul]
 		Otis Redding Just One More Day
1965 Volt
20 record label: Atco 6677
chart position: RandB #17, UK #43, US #72
written by: Otis Redding
album: Love Man
 		Otis Redding Love Man
1969 Atco
21 record label: Volt 124
chart position: RandB #18, US #74
written by: Roosevelt Jamison
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
 		Otis Redding That's How Strong My Love Is
1965 Volt
22 record label: Volt 152
chart position: RandB #19, US #60
written by: Billy Hill
album: The Dock of the Bay
 		Otis Redding Glory of Love
1967 Volt
23 record label: Atco 6907
chart position: UK #36
written by: Robinson, White
comments: re release
 		Otis Redding My Girl
1968 Atco
24 record label: Atco 6654
chart position: RandB #20, US #48
written by: Brook Benton and Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams]
album: Love Man
 		Otis Redding A Lover's Question
1969 Atco
25 record label: Stax 601005 (UK)
chart position: UK #43
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Otis Redding Day Tripper
1967 Stax
26 record label: Volt 103
chart position: RandB #20, US #85
written by: Otis Redding
album: Pain In My Heart
 		Otis Redding These Arms Of Mine
1963 Volt
27 record label: Volt 146
chart position: UK #48
written by: Al Jackson Jr., Jones and Otis Redding
album: The Dock of the Bay
 		Otis Redding Let Me Come On Home
1967 Volt
28 record label: Volt 116
chart position: RandB #26, US #69
written by: Phil Walden and Otis Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
 		Otis Redding Come To Me
1964 Volt
29 record label: Volt 117
chart position: RandB #23, US #97
written by: Otis Redding
album: Pain In My Heart
 		Otis Redding Security
1964 Volt
30 record label: Volt 146
chart position: RandB #30, US #78
written by: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones
album: The Dock of the Bay
comments: [deep soul]
 		Otis Redding I Love You More Than Words Can Say
1967 Volt
31 record label: Atco 6700
chart position: RandB #30, US #103
written by: Otis Redding and Gene Lawson
album: Love Man
 		Otis Redding Free Me
1969 Atco
32 record label: Volt 109
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Otis Redding
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Otis Redding That's What My Heart Needs
1964 Volt
33 record label: Atco 6742
chart position: Cashbox R&B #31, US #105
written by: Otis Redding and Don Covay
album: Tell The Truth
comments: [northern soul]
 		Otis Redding Demonstration
1970 Atco
34 record label: Atco 6723
chart position: Cashbox R&B #29
written by: Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding Look At The Girl
1969 Atco
35 record label: Atco 6700
chart position: US #110
written by: Carl Smith and Gary Jackson
album: Love Man
comments: US B side to Free Me
 		Otis Redding (You're Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
1969 Atco
36 record label: Atco 6766
chart position: Cashbox R&B 54
written by: Otis Redding
album: Tell The Truth
 		Otis Redding Give Away None Of My Love
1970 Atco
-- record label: Volt 149
written by: William Bell
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Otis Redding You Don't Miss Your Water
1967 Volt
-- record label: Volt 157
written by: O. Redding, I. Hayes, A. Isbell
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
 		Otis Redding Sweet Lorene
1967 Volt
-- record label: Stax 169001
written by: Redding
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
 		Otis Redding She Put The Hurt On Me
1967 Stax
-- record label: Stax 601011
written by: Cropper. Floyd
album: The Soul Album
 		Otis Redding 634-5789
1967 Stax
-- record label: Atco 6631
written by: Irving Berlin
comments: [christmas]
 		Otis Redding White Christmas
1968 Atco
-- record label: Atlantic
written by: Don Covay, Otis Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding Think About It
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Atc0 6654
written by: Deanie Parker, Steve Cropper
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding You Made A Man Out Of Me
1969 Atc
-- record label: Evolution 2442 (UK)
written by: J. McEachin
 		Otis Redding Tuff Enuff
1969 Evolution
-- record label: Atco 6723
written by: Otis Redding
Otis Redding That's A Good Idea
1969 Atco
-- record label: Atco 6742
written by: Otis Redding, Arthur Alexander
album: Tell The Truth
 		Otis Redding Johnny's Heartbreak
1969 Atco
-- record label: Stone 209
written by: Dan Penn, Rick Hall, Oscar Franks
album: The Otis Redding Story (1987 box set compilation)
 		Otis Redding You Left The Water Running
1976 Stone
-- record label: Atco 6766
written by: Otis Reddng
album: Tell The Tuth
 		Otis Redding Snatch A Little Piece
1970 Atco
-- record label: Finer Arts 2016
written by: J. McEachIn, O. Redding
 		Otis Redding She's Alright
1969 Finer Arts
-- record label: Atlantic
written by: R. Alfred, A. Gibson
album: Dock of the Bay
 		Otis Redding The Huckle Buck
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Atco 6636
written by: S. Cropper, O. Redding
album: Love Man
 		Otis Redding Direct Me
1968 Atco
-- record label: Atlantic 03034
written by: McClinton
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Otis Redding Keep Your Arms Around Me
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Atco 6612
written by: Otis Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding Nobody's Fault But Mine
1968 Atco
-- record label: Atco 6631
written by: Baxter, Moore
comments: [christmas]
 		Otis Redding Merry Christmas Baby
1968 Atco
-- record label: Atlantic
written by: Ray Charles
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding A Fool For You
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic
written by: Otis Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
comments: [deep soul]
 		Otis Redding A Waste Of Time
1968 Atlantic
-- record label: Stax 601040 (UK)
written by: Redding
album: Dock of the Bay
comments: [deep soul]
 		Otis Redding Open the Door
1968 Stax
-- record label: Volt 132
written by: Redding, Cropper
album: The Soul Album
 		Otis Redding Any Ole Way
1966 Volt
-- record label: Atco 33-161
written by: Berry
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [album cut]
 		Otis Redding Louie Louie
1964 Atco
-- record label: Atco 33-161
written by: Robinson, Gardner
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [album cut]
 		Otis Redding I Need Your Lovin'
1964 Atco
-- record label: Atco 33-161
written by: Cooke
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding You Send Me
1964 Atco
-- record label: Atco 33-161
written by: Richard
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [album cut]
 		Otis Redding Lucille
1964 Atco
-- record label: Volt 128
written by: Redding
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Otis Redding Ole Man Trouble
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 412
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding Change Gonna Come
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 126
written by: Redding
album: In Person at the Whisky a Go Go
 		Otis Redding I'm Depending On You
1965 Volt
-- record label: Atlantic 4050 (UK)
written by: Burke, Berns
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Down In The Valley
1965 Atlantic
-- record label: Atco 33-161
written by: King, Glick
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [album cut]
 		Otis Redding Stand By Me
1964 Atco
-- record label: Atco 33-161
written by: Thomas
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [album cut]
 		Otis Redding The Dog
1964 Atco
-- record label: London 9833
written by: Redding
album: Pain in My Heart
 		Otis Redding Something Is Worrying Me
1962 London
-- record label: Volt 103
written by: Redding
album: Pain In My Heart
 		Otis Redding Hey Hey Baby
1962 Volt
-- record label: King 12528
written by: Otis Redding
Otis Redding Shout Bamalama
1961 King
-- record label: Volt 109
written by: Redding
 		Otis Redding Mary Had A Little Lamb
1963 Volt
-- record label: Volt 121
written by: Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Your One And Only Man
1964 Volt
-- record label: Volt 117
written by: Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Otis Redding I Want To Thank You
1964 Volt
-- record label: Volt 116
written by: Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [soul blues ballad]
 		Otis Redding Don't Leave Me This Way
1964 Volt
-- record label: Volt 412
written by: King, Josea
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding Rock Me Baby
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 411
written by: Brooks, Butler
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding For Your Precious Love
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 413
written by: Cox
album: The Soul Album
 		Otis Redding Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)
1966 Volt
-- record label: Volt 136
written by: Cropper, Floyd, Parker
album: The Dock of the Bay
 		Otis Redding Don't Mess With Cupid
1966 Volt
-- record label: Orbit 135
written by: Otis Redding
 		Otis Redding Fat Gal
1961 Orbit
-- record label: Volt 415
written by: King, Stewart
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding Tennessee Waltz
1966 Volt
-- record label: Volt 415
written by: Willis
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding You're Still My Baby
1966 Volt
-- record label: Volt 415
written by: Redding
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [album cut]
 		Otis Redding Hawg For You
1966 Volt
-- record label: Volt 415
written by: Redding
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding Ton of Joy
1966 Volt
-- record label: Volt 141
written by: Redding, Cropper, Porter
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
 		Otis Redding I'm Sick Y'all
1966 Volt
-- record label: Volt 138
written by: Otis Redding, Julius Green
album: The Soul Album
 		Otis Redding Good To Me
1966 Volt
-- record label: Volt 411
written by: Wyche
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding Woman, Lover, A Friend
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 411
written by: Cooke
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding Nothing Can Change This Love
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 411
written by: Willis
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
 		Otis Redding It's Too Late
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 411
written by: Blackwell, Scott
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul album cut]
 		Otis Redding Home In Your Heart
1965 Volt
-- record label: Volt 413
written by: Thomas, Walker, Butler
album: The Soul Album
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Otis Redding Cigarettes and Coffee
1966 Volt
-- record label: Sue 710 (UK)
written by: Redding
 		Otis Redding Gettin' Hip
1966 Sue
-- record label: Atco 2091 020 (UK)
written by: Campbell, Alpert, Adler
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding Wonderful World
1966 Atco
-- record label: Volt 415
written by: Porter, Hayes
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [album cut]
 		Otis Redding Love Have Mercy
1966 Volt




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