Redding, Otis - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Lyrics

I'll start with Mr. Price. Thank you Sir for your service it was equivalent to my husbands time in Nam (Air Force). I hope you are at peace today and your tomorrows. I read through a lot of the responces not knowing the generational gap between, which doesn't matter, the majority were appreciative of your service and all others that did also. Secondly I'm impressed by the appreciation of the song and artist. I also heard this for the first time as a young women, I thought it was great BUT truly didn't listen to the lyrics closely, I am very guilty of this. I am more drawn to the music the instruments play and find the lyrics secondary. Shame on ME... I will have you know that I am now revisiting songs that I loved for the music and now paying attention to the lyrics. Better late than never.

2000 years into the future, this song will still be just as timely, relevant, and loved.

12K people voted thumbs down to this? WTF is wrong with you people!?

Cool Tunes:)

De La Soul's - Eye Know anyone?? 🤔🤔

One of my favs,,, always a damn good jam when down,, just gonna sit on the dock of the bay and east some time

Played this at mum's funeral last week along with Leonard Cohen's Suzanne.

2 years ago I was in California, San Jose area, during the time when I was at the peak of my existential crisis. Not really doing much, not working trying to learn a trade I wasn't interested in

Just looking for my own answers about life and were I was going. I'd stroll downtown, sometimes ride the lightrail aimlessly for hours, pour through the library looking for said answers

This song was basically my theme during that time. I'm better now but this music will always bring me back to those days...

the big O

Think of my pops when I hear this song... never had a great relationship with him, but as soon as this song comes on I shed a tear 😔

Old music is so much better

This is what I'm singing for my black history month performance

This was my favorite song my entire life. I always knew.

Heard this in Mafia III and love it.

Foggy there and so perfect and I miss it
How may I help in that special place dear Moss Landing

Growing up in a small seaside town wishing my thoughts away with the tide love this tune reminds me of my dad and brother

Bring back old times 😵

This is my favorite song of all-time. So calming and sad .

11k people never been to the bay, probably live out there in tha dessert.

Takes me back to family get togethers as a kid.

So calming, beautiful song

I am a girl moroccan ,i like this sing 2020

Best song

sittin' on a cock 'cos I'm gay ♪♫

Great song.👌🏾

Fun fact, this song is Leonardo DiCaprio’s favorite song.

Fun fact.. You're dog is cutie

Are you serious lll
I thought he wasn't fan of this type of music

god:you have 3 min to live
me:only need 2:46

If you’re listening to this, you need to stop it.

Stop what

Fuck you don. Pussy boy

My favourite song of all time - pure soul in that voice

This song for my sister miss you

So relaxing 😊

Lets go!
arise! awake!
Salute another glorious morning,you sroungy ass son of bitches.

im so gonna have old songs play at my wedding . It never gets outdated ♥

Shuffle dance

un chanteur formidable!!!!une mort jeune ! j'adorai ce mec !

*Definitely* ...
Thank YOU❣ OTIS

Sitting here, resting my bones,
and this loneliness won't leave me alone.....yeah we all been there

He look like the "I beat my meat so god damn hard" guy

Amazing song wished he could've finished it

I take it the haters couldn't find the dock

2020 hit a like

My Song.! Peter Klampenborg in the off Copenhagen....!

Sitting on a cock 'cuz I'm gay...

Otis called " _Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay_ " his Beatles song LOL... Love that guitar by Steve Cropper who co-wrote this song with Otis! Heaven has ya Otis!!! ✟

The best music

I'm not sure how anyone could give a thumbs down on this beautiful song.

was stevie wonder's "i just called to say i love you" sampled from this ?

I remember I was driving on Shore Dr. in Virginia Beach, when I heard he'd died. I had to stop on the shoulder, and cry.

First heard this out of the Otis Redding Live album in a Summer cottage on Cape Ann, Massachusetts while a young Navy officer stationed in Boston....still remember the moment....the steamy summer day, the breeze, the cold beer, the girls enjoying Summah on the North Shore....Sweet Days....

I just wish this song was longer

Now go listen to 'Drift Away ' by Dobie Gray, this song goes well after this song.

Hey Ron Timmons love you thank you for introducing me to Jesus i will love him and you allways..no matter what!!!

There Doc i miss you angie sue❤take care of bear and Patrick too i love you my friend

“Dock of the Bay” was based on a few thoughts and lines Redding came up with during some time he spent sitting and watching the ocean in California. He took these ideas back to Memphis, where he and collaborator/producer Steve Cropper ended up making one of the most famous soul records of all time. In an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air, Cropper explained how he and Redding came to write the song.....


“He had been in San Francisco doing the Fillore,” Cropper recalled. “He had rented a boathouse or stayed out at a boathouse or something and that’s when he got the idea of watching 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. Sittin’ on the dock of the bay.’ I just took that…we just sat down and I just kind of learned the changes that he was kind of running over and I finished the lyrics…Otis didn’t really write about himself but I did. ‘Dock of the Bay’ was exactly that: ‘I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay,’ it was all about him going out to San Francisco to perform.”


Knowing these details and not thinking something much deeper was involved might serve to shatter the song’s mystique for some of us. “Dock of the Bay” is so universal, about trying to find the beauty in life despite the hopelessness and despair we all have dealt with. The lyric speaks to the human condition, the emotional turmoil so common to all of us, with lines like I’ve had nothing to live for/Look like nothing’s gonna come my way…Looks like nothing’s gonna change/Everything still remains the same, and Sittin’ here resting my bones/And this loneliness won’t leave me alone. Redding and Cropper may not have been depressed when they wrote it, but they came up with a song that we can all identify with and that has stood the test of time. Everything has, indeed, pretty much remained the same.


Shortly after recording the song, Redding died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, and the song became the first posthumous number one record in chart history. “Dock of the Bay” ended up being named the sixth most-played song of the 20th century by BMI. In a testament to its influence on so many artists, this great song has since been covered by numerous artists, from Pearl Jam to Garth Brooks.

What a song.... timeless and appeals to all age groups. Brilliant.

I love to join you at the dock of the bay ..

Who's here because of the Family Guy dolphins?

sittin on a cock cuz im gay

Otis Redding was my grandfathers favorite singer. I never understood why. I wasn't listening to that kind of music. When i was 11 he died of cancer💔 then shortly after i heard this song in radio. And that was when i understood the sadness of this song

DAMNN THIS SONG IS SOO GOOD

Hello keem

Every good happy song has a hidden sadness in it. I cry happy tears whenever I hear it. Thank you Ottis.

The only way for me to calm down when I'm having an anxiety attack is playing this song... it just has something..

Hope it all goes well. Don't forget to exercise daily, it helps, take care!!!

Otis was the man. Otis!

Who still liking this in 2020

Pure good music

Sausalito California

Such an incredblie voice. and such a meaningful song

After starting private recovery from being suicidal, I listened to this song a lot. It’s so calm and just smooth to me, it always made me feel better. I always daydreamed about being on the beach, this song in the background, imagining a happy future for me. I use to cry when revisiting this song but now I feel like I did, relaxed. Like everyone and everything is gonna be just okay.

ahh man i hear ya. Am in a similar situation.

It's a shame that he didn't live long enough to see his best hit become so very popular!

So very soulful.

Should make Georgia proud

2020 still playin this.

I already knew this song, but I’m here from Arsenio Hall’s Netflix special because he made me have to come listen to this classic! Times sure have changed in music and this is a great oldie for sure!

Almost 55 million views. Sounds about right.

Timeless January 30, 2020 at 9am and jamming out this this olddie but goodie

Can you get tired of this song? I dont even need to hit repeat, it just knows what to do.

Heard this when it came out in '68...I was 12 but still responded to the melancholy tone of the song, for some reason. Still love listening to it to this day!

OTIS ❤

De Otis aprendí :v

fathers the walk home to life a brother a team 12 bothers the walk

Kobe!!! RIP

This song was featured on 91.3 KXCI in Tucson

Only other person who sings this good is me ....no bullshit

I just came to this video bc of family guy from the scene of those 2 dolphins squeaking the tune of this song. S16 EP 4😂.

Fallout 5 soundtrack?

As was Kobe Bryant this morning... so my girlfriend goggled it....his name popped up as a favorite of mine 😁

This will be the song I play on the first day of my retirement, it will be me, iPad and Spotify sitting at the end of the Levante breakwater in Torrevieja

Hammer yeah ! Greetings from Deutschland

Ok chelou la musique mais pourquoi pas

Love his 🎶 music!

ppl voted it a thumbs down haaaaaaa little kids trying to get a reaction funny

Oh hell no! Stupid folks put a thumbs down! Cause you all been dumbed down... So much SOUL here.😇

This reminds me of my father. He introduced me to music and this is one of the records he played on Saturday mornings.. He died 4 years ago and I cant let him go. It hurts more than life.

My grandad showed me this and died on Christmas day 2020 at least there sitting resting there bones ❤

2015 not 2020^^

Blessings yum eatthemup