( Sittin ' on ) the Dock of the Bay - wikipedia ( Sittin ' on ) the Dock of the Bay For other uses, see The Dock of the Bay ( disambiguation ). `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' Single by Otis Redding from the album The Dock of the Bay B - side `` Sweet Lorene '' ( Volt issue ) `` Keep Your Arms Around Me '' ( Atco reissue ) Released January 8, 1968 Format Vinyl record Recorded November 22 and December 7, 1967 Studio Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee Genre Rhythm and blues soul Length 2 : 38 Label Volt Atco V - 157 Songwriter ( s ) Steve Cropper Otis Redding Producer ( s ) Steve Cropper Otis Redding singles chronology `` Knock on Wood '' ( 1967 ) `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' ( 1968 ) `` The Happy Song ( Dum Dum ) '' ( 1968 ) `` Knock on Wood '' ( 1967 ) `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' ( 1968 ) `` The Happy Song ( Dum Dum ) '' ( 1968 ) Music video `` ( Sittin ' on ) The Dock of the Bay '' on YouTube `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash. The song was released on Stax Records ' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US. It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California. He completed the song with the help of Cropper, who was a Stax producer and the guitarist for Booker T. & the M.G. 's. The song features whistling and sounds of waves crashing on a shore. Contents 1 Origins 2 Personnel 2.1 Charts 2.1. 1 Weekly charts 2.1. 2 Year - end charts 3 Later versions 4 Reception 4.1 Universal success 4.2 Legacy 4.2. 1 Other cover versions 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links Origins While on tour with the Bar - Kays in August 1967, Redding wrote the first verse of the song, under the abbreviated title `` Dock of the Bay, '' on a houseboat at Waldo Point in Sausalito, California. He had completed his famed performance at the Monterey Pop Festival just weeks earlier. While touring in support of the albums King & Queen ( a collaboration with female vocalist Carla Thomas ) and Live in Europe, he continued to scribble lines of the song on napkins and hotel paper. In November of that year, he joined producer and guitarist Steve Cropper at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, to record the song. In a September 1990 interview on NPR 's Fresh Air, Cropper explained the origins of the song : Otis was one of those the kind of guy who had 100 ideas. (... ) He had been in San Francisco doing The Fillmore. And the story that I got he was renting boathouse or stayed at a boathouse or something and that 's where he got the idea of the ships coming in the bay there. And that 's about all he had : `` I watch the ships come in and I watch them roll away again. '' I just took that... and I finished the lyrics. If you listen to the songs I collaborated with Otis, most of the lyrics are about him. (... ) Otis did n't really write about himself but I did. Songs like `` Mr. Pitiful, '' `` Fa - Fa - Fa - Fa - Fa ( Sad Song ) '' ; they were about Otis and Otis ' life. `` Dock of the Bay '' was exactly that : `` I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay '' was all about him going out to San Francisco to perform. Together, they completed the music and melancholic lyrics of `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay. '' From those sessions emerged Redding 's final recorded work, including `` Dock of the Bay, '' which was recorded on November 22, with additional overdubs on December 7. Redding 's restrained yet emotive delivery is backed by Cropper 's succinct guitar playing. The song is somewhat different in style from most of Redding 's other recordings. While discussing the song with his wife, Redding stated that he had wanted to `` be a little different '' with `` The Dock of the Bay '' and `` change his style ''. There were concerns that `` The Dock of the Bay '' had too much of a pop feel for an Otis Redding record, and contracting the Stax gospel act the Staple Singers to record backing vocals was discussed but never carried out. Redding had considered the song to be unfinished and planned to record what he considered a final version, but never got the chance. The song features a whistled tune heard before the song 's fade. It was originally performed by Redding, who ( according to Cropper ) had `` this little fadeout rap he was gon na do, an ad - lib. He forgot what it was so he started whistling. '' Redding continued to tour after the recording sessions. On December 10, his charter plane crashed into Lake Monona, outside Madison, Wisconsin. Redding and six others were killed. After Redding 's death, Cropper mixed `` Dock of the Bay '' at Stax Studios. He added the sound of seagulls and waves crashing to the background, as Redding had requested, recalling the sounds he heard when he was staying on the houseboat. Personnel This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2018 ) Otis Redding -- vocals Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes -- keyboards Steve Cropper -- guitar Donald Dunn -- Bass guitar Al Jackson Jr. -- drums Wayne Jackson -- trumpet, trombone Andrew Love -- tenor saxophone Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles 7 New Zealand ( Listener ) UK Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles Year - end charts Chart ( 1968 ) Rank Canada 44 UK 38 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Later versions `` ( Sittin ' on ) The Dock of the Bay '' 7 '' single cover Single by Sammy Hagar B - side `` I 've Done Everything for You '' Released 1979 Format 7 '' single Recorded May 1979 Genre Rock Length 3 : 03 Label Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Steve Cropper Otis Redding Producer ( s ) Carter `` ( Sittin ' on ) The Dock of the Bay '' 7 '' single cover Single by Michael Bolton from the album The Hunger B - side `` Call My Name '' Released Format 7 '' single Genre Pop rock adult contemporary Length 3 : 50 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Steve Cropper Otis Redding Producer ( s ) Jonathan Cain Keith Diamond Susan Hamilton This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2016 ) `` The Dock of the Bay '' has been hugely popular, even after its stay at the top of the charts. The song has been recorded by many artists, from Redding 's peers, like Glen Campbell, Cher, Peggy Lee, David Allan Coe, Bob Dylan, Don Partridge, Percy Sledge, Dee Clark, and Sam & Dave, to artists in various genres, including Jimmy Velvit ( whose cover version was included on his 2001 Grammy - nominated album Sun Sea & Sand ), Widespread Panic ( who opened their New Year 's Eve 2005 concert with the song ), Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson ( whose duet peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart ), Kenny Rankin, Dennis Brown, Michel Pagliaro, Jacob Miller, Pearl Jam, the Format, T. Rex ( as the B - side of `` Dreamy Lady '', released in 1975 ), Brent Smith of Shinedown ( during an acoustic set in 2008 and with Zach Myers in a 2014 EP ) and Garth Brooks ( for the 2013 Blue - Eyed Soul album in the Blame It All on My Roots : Five Decades of Influences compilation ) as well as John Hartford on the Retrograss album with David Grisman and Mike Seeger ( 1999 ). Sammy Hagar released a version of the song as a non-album single in 1979. His version features the song 's co-writer, Steve Cropper, on guitar and members of the band Boston -- Brad Delp, Sib Hashian and Barry Goudreau -- on backup vocals. Producer John S. Carter had the track recorded in May 1979 with Cropper, bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Alvin Taylor. Later, he added Hagar 's vocals with background harmonies by the three members of Boston, with whom Hagar had just toured. Although the single was a modest hit for Hagar, peaking at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100, he considered it Carter 's efforts to manufacture a pop top 40 pop hit despite Hagar 's heavy metal roots. Hagar and Cropper 's work on the song was rated the thirty - seventh worst guitar solo in history by Pitchfork in 1998. The song was not released on an album until 1992, when it appeared on The Best of Sammy Hagar. The B - side of Hagar 's single was the first release of his studio version of `` I 've Done Everything for You ''. Michael Bolton included the song on his 1987 album The Hunger. His version peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Zelma Redding, Otis 's widow, said she was so moved by Bolton 's performance `` that it brought tears to my eyes. It reminded me so much of my husband that I know if he heard it, he would feel the same. '' In a framed letter that hangs on the wall of Bolton 's office, she referred to the record as `` my all - time favorite version of my husband 's classic. '' In April 2013, Justin Timberlake performed the song as part of a tribute to Memphis soul music at the `` In Performance '' concert series performed at the White House. The series was attended by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Reception Phil Walden and Jim Stewart were among those who had doubts about the song, the sound, and the production. Redding accepted some of the criticisms and fine - tuned the song. He reversed the opening, which was Redding 's whistling part, and put it at the end as suggested. `` The Dock of the Bay '' was released early in 1968 and topped the charts in the US and UK. Billboard ranked the record as the number 4 song for 1968. Universal success `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' was released in January 1968, shortly after Redding 's death. R&B stations quickly added the song to their playlists, which had been saturated with Redding 's previous hits. The song shot to number one on the R&B charts in early 1968 and, starting in March, topped the pop charts for four weeks. The album, which shared the song 's title, became his largest - selling to date, peaking at number four on the pop albums chart. `` Dock of the Bay '' was popular in countries across the world and became Redding 's most successful record, selling more than four million copies worldwide. The song went on to win two Grammy Awards : Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Legacy Redding 's body of work at the time of his death was immense, including a backlog of archived recordings as well as those created in November and December 1967, just before his death. In mid-1968, Stax Records severed its distribution contract with Atlantic Records, which retained the label 's back catalog and the rights to the unreleased Otis Redding masters. Through its Atco subsidiary ( Atco had distributed Otis Redding 's releases from Stax 's Volt label ), Atlantic issued three more albums of new Redding material, one live album, and eight singles between 1968 and 1970. Reprise Records issued a live album featuring Redding and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival. Both studio albums and anthologies sold well in America and abroad. Redding was especially successful in the United Kingdom, where The Dock of the Bay went to number one, becoming the first posthumous album to reach the top spot there. In 1999, BMI named the song as the sixth-most performed song of the twentieth century, with about six million performances. Rolling Stone ranked The Dock of the Bay number 161 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the third of five Redding albums on the list. `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' was ranked twenty - eighth on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the second - highest of four Redding songs on the list, after `` Respect '' ( in this case the version recorded by Aretha Franklin ). Jim Morrison made reference to `` Dock of the Bay '' in the Doors ' song `` Runnin ' Blue '', written by Robby Krieger, from their 1969 album The Soft Parade. Morrison sings an a capella intro for the song, singing directly about Otis Redding. `` Poor Otis dead and gone, left me here to sing his song, pretty little girl with a red dress on, poor Otis dead and gone. '' And during the verse, the lyrics `` Got to find a dock and a bay '' appear more than once ; as well as several other references to Redding 's song. Other cover versions In addition to the original Otis Redding version, several other versions have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. King Curtis 's version charted for five weeks starting in March 1968 and peaked at number 84 ( during the same month, the original was number one ). A year later, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ' 66 's version charted for five weeks starting in June 1969 and peaked at number 66. Sammy Hagar 's version charted for five weeks starting in April 1979, peaking at number 65. The Reddings, who included two of Otis Redding 's sons, released a version which charted for nine weeks starting in June 1982 and peaked at number 55. Michael Bolton 's rendition charted for 17 weeks starting in January 1988 and peaked at number 11, making it the highest - charting cover version. In 2016, the British coffee brand Nescafé remixed part of the song in a television advertisement featuring American musician will.i.am. References ^ Jump up to : Bowman, Rob ( 2007 ). 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The Outlaws ) `` There Ai n't No Good Chain Gang '' with Johnny Cash `` Wish I Was Crazy Again '' with Johnny Cash `` The Wild Side of Life / It Was n't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels '' with Jessi Colter `` Leave Them Boys Alone '' with Hank Williams Jr. and Ernest Tubb `` Even Cowgirls Get the Blues '' with Johnny Cash `` Ballad of Forty Dollars '' with Johnny Cash `` Somewhere Between Ragged and Right '' with John Anderson `` High Ridin ' Heroes '' with David Lynn Jones `` One Good Love '' with Neil Diamond Compilations The Best of Waylon Jennings Do n't Think Twice Ruby, Do n't Take Your Love to Town Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line Heartaches by the Number Greatest Hits Waylon 's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 The Best of Waylon New Classic Waylon Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line : The RCA Years The Journey : Six Strings Away The Journey : Destiny 's Child The Restless Kid : Live at JD 's 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Waylon Jennings RCA Country Legends Ultimate Waylon Jennings 16 Biggest Hits Nashville Rebel The Essential Waylon Jennings Related The Waylors Outlaw country Wanted ! The Outlaws `` We Are the World '' The Highwaymen Old Dogs Jessi Colter Waylon Albright `` Shooter '' Jennings Willie Nelson singles discography 1950s and 1960s 1957 `` No Place for Me '' / `` Lumberjack '' 1959 `` Man With the Blues '' / `` The Storm Has Just Begun '' 1960 `` What a Way to Live '' / `` Misery Mansion '' `` Nite Life '' / `` Rainy Day Blues '' 1961 `` The Part Where I Cry '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1962 `` Willingly '' / `` Chain of Love '' `` Touch Me '' / `` Where My House Lives '' `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' / `` There 's Gonna Be Love In My House '' `` You Dream About Me '' / `` Is This My Destiny '' 1963 `` Half a Man '' / `` The Last Letter '' `` Take My Word '' / `` Feed it a Memory '' 1964 `` How Long is Forever '' / `` You Took My Happy Away '' `` Am I Blue '' / `` There 'll Be No Teardrops Tonight '' `` River Boy '' / `` Opportunity to Cry '' `` I Never Cared For You '' / `` You Left Me ( A Long Time Ago ) '' `` Pretty Paper '' / `` What A Merry Christmas This Could Be '' 1965 `` She 's Not For You '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Healing Hands of Time '' / `` One Day at the Time '' `` I Just Ca n't Let You Say Goodbye '' / `` And So Will You, My Love '' 1966 `` One In A Row '' / `` San Antonio Rose '' `` Colombus Stockade Blues '' / `` He Sits at my Table '' `` I 'm Still Not Over You '' / `` I Love You Because '' 1967 `` The Party 's Over '' / `` Make Way for a Better Man '' `` Blackjack County Chain '' / `` Some Other World '' `` San Antonio '' / `` To Make a Long Story Short '' 1968 `` Little Things '' / `` Sweet Memories '' `` Good Times '' / `` Where Do You Stand '' `` Johnny One Time '' / `` She 's Still Gone '' 1969 `` Bring Me Sunshine '' / `` Do n't Say Love or Nothing '' `` I Hope So '' / `` Right or Wrong '' 1970s 1970 `` Once More With Feeling '' / `` Who Do I Know in Dallas '' `` Laying My Burdens Down '' / `` Truth Number One '' 1971 `` I 'm a Memory '' / `` Fire and Rain '' `` Yesterday 's Wine '' / `` Me and Paul '' 1972 `` Words Do n't Fit the Picture '' / `` A Moment '' 1973 `` Shotgun Willie '' ( mono ) / `` Sad Songs and Waltzes '' `` Stay All Night ( Stay a Little Longer ) '' / `` Devil in a Sleepin ' Bag '' `` I Still Ca n't Believe You 're Gone '' / `` Heaven and Hell '' `` Bloody Mary Morning '' / `` After the Fire is Gone '' ( with Tracy Nelson ) `` Sister 's Comin ' Home '' ( mono ) / `` Pick Up The Tempo '' `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' / `` Bandera '' 1976 `` Remember Me ( When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming ) '' / `` Time of the Preacher '' `` I 'd Have to Be Crazy '' ( mono ) / `` Amazing Grace '' `` If You 've Got the Money I 've Got the Time '' / `` The Sound in Your Mind '' 1977 `` Uncloudy Day '' / `` Precious Memories '' `` I Love You A Thousand Ways '' / `` Mom and Dad 's Waltz '' 1978 `` Georgia on My Mind '' / `` On The Sunny Side Of The Street '' `` Blue Skies '' / `` Moonlight in Vermont '' `` All of Me '' / `` Unchained Melody '' 1979 `` Whiskey River '' / `` Under the Double Eagle '' `` September Song '' / `` Do n't Get Around Much Anymore '' `` White Christmas '' / `` Blue Christmas '' 1980s 1980 `` Help Me Make It Through the Night '' / `` The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 '' `` My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys '' / `` Rising Stars '' `` Midnight Rider '' / `` So You Think You 're A Cowboy '' `` On the Road Again '' / `` Jumpin ' Cotton Eyed Joe '' ( performed by Johnny Gimble ) 1981 `` Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground '' / `` I Guess I 've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes '' `` Mona Lisa '' / `` Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star '' `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter '' / `` Over the Rainbow '' `` Heartaches of a Fool '' / `` Uncloudy Day '' 1982 `` Always on My Mind '' / `` The Party 's Over '' `` Let It Be Me '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning '' / `` Old Fords and a Natural Stone '' `` Little Old Fashioned Karma '' / `` Beer Barrel Polka '' `` Why Do I Have to Choose '' / `` Would You Lay with Me ( In a Field of Stone ) '' `` Take It to the Limit '' / `` Till I Gain Control Again '' `` Without a Song '' 1984 `` City of New Orleans ( Unedited version ) '' / `` Why Are You Pickin ' On Me '' 1985 `` Forgiving You Was Easy '' / `` You Would n't Cross the Street '' `` Me and Paul '' / `` I Let My Mind Wander '' 1986 `` Living in the Promiseland '' / `` Bach Minuet in G '' `` I 'm Not Trying to Forget You '' / `` I 've Got the Craziest Feeling '' `` Partners After All '' / `` Home Away From Home '' `` Heart of Gold '' / `` So Much Like My Dad '' `` Island in the Sea '' / `` There Is No Easy Way '' `` Nobody There But Me '' / `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' `` Spanish Eyes '' ( with Julio Iglesias ) / `` Ole Buttermilk Sky '' `` Twilight Time '' / `` Ac - Cent - Tchu - Ate the Positive '' `` Nothing I Can Do About It Now '' / `` If I Were a Painting '' `` There You Are '' / `` Spirit '' `` Is The Better Part Over '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1990s `` The Highway '' / `` Spirit '' `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' / `` I Never Cared For You '' ( `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' also on CD Single ) 1991 `` The Piper Came Today '' / `` ( I Do n't Have a Reason ) To Go To California Anymore '' ( `` The Piper Came Today '' also on CD Single ) `` Ten With a Two '' / `` You Decide '' `` Graceland '' `` Still is Still Moving to Me '' / `` Valentine '' 1995 `` Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing '' 1998 `` I Never Cared for You '' 2000s and 2010s 2002 `` Mendocino County Line '' ( with Lee Ann Womack ) / `` Maria ( Shut Up and Kiss Me ) '' ( Both single tracks released on CD and 7 '' record ) 2003 `` Wurlitzer Prize '' ( with Norah Jones ) `` Beer for My Horses '' ( with Toby Keith ) 2005 `` I 'm a Worried Man '' ( with Toots Hibbert ) `` The Harder They Come '' 2006 `` You Do n't Know Me '' `` Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other '' 2008 `` Gravedigger '' `` You Do n't Think I 'm Funny Anymore '' 2011 `` The Scientist '' 2012 `` Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die '' `` Just Breathe '' `` Come On Back Jesus '' 2013 `` From Here to the Moon and Back '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` Grandma 's Hands '' ( with Mavis Staples ) `` It Wo n't Be Long '' ( with The Secret Sisters ) `` Somewhere Between '' ( with Loretta Lynn ) 2014 `` The Wall '' `` Bring It On '' `` Laws of Nature '' `` Who 'll Buy My Memories '' `` Summer of Roses '' / `` December Day '' 2015 `` It 's All Going to Pot '' `` Alice in Hulaland '' 2016 `` Lay Me Down '' 2017 `` Still Not Dead '' 2018 `` Last Man Standing '' Book : Willie Nelson Category : Willie Nelson David Allan Coe Studio albums Penitentiary Blues Requiem for a Harlequin The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy Once Upon a Rhyme Longhaired Redneck Rides Again Texas Moon Tattoo Buckstone County Prison Family Album Nothing Sacred Human Emotions Compass Point Spectrum VII I 've Got Something to Say Encore Invictus ( Means ) Unconquered Tennessee Whiskey DAC Rough Rider Underground Album Castles in the Sand Hello in There Just Divorced Darlin ', Darlin ' Unchained Son of the South A Matter of Life and Death I Love Country Crazy Daddy 1990 Songs for Sale Standing Too Close to the Flames Johnny Cash Is a Friend of Mine Recommended for Airplay Long Haired Country Boy Songwriter of the Tear Country and Western Sings Merle Haggard Whoopsy Daisy Sings Johnny Cash 's Biggest Hits All I 'll Ever Be Rebel Meets Rebel DAC 's Back Live albums Live : If That Ai n't Country... 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Question: who wrote the song sitting on the dock of the bay
Answer: soul singer Otis Redding