(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay / Sweet Lorene

by Otis Redding

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay / Sweet Lorene cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 8 January 1968
  • Label: Volt
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:07
  • Community rating: 4.66/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded just days before the fatal plane crash that claimed Otis Redding's life, this track marked a significant stylistic pivot from his energetic soul shouters toward introspective folk-soul. Co-written with producer Steve Cropper, who contributed the memorable acoustic guitar fills, the song features a famously improvised whistling outro. It became the first posthumous number-one single in US chart history.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, melodic, aquatic, alienation

Tracklist

  1. (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay (2:46)
  2. I Love You More Than Words Can Say (2:52)
  3. Let Me Come on Home (2:52)
  4. Open the Door (2:22)
  5. Don't Mess with Cupid (2:29)
  6. The Glory of Love (2:49)
  7. I'm Coming Home to See About You (3:05)
  8. Tramp (3:01)
  9. The Huckle-Buck (2:59)
  10. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) (3:10)
  11. Ole Man Trouble (2:36)

Credits

  • Otis Redding - primary artist, written-by
  • Alvertis Isbell - written-by
  • Isaac Hayes - written-by

More from Otis Redding: full discography