Song · Otis Redding
“Hard to Handle” by Otis Redding
From the album The Immortal Otis Redding (1968)
“Hard to Handle” by Otis Redding appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 1968 on the album The Immortal Otis Redding. Its best result is #983 on the WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,332 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Hard to Handle" reached the world in 1968, after Otis Redding was already gone: it came out as the B-side of "Amen" shortly after his sudden death in 1967, and it turned up that same year on the album The Immortal Otis Redding. Redding wrote it with Al Bell and Allen Jones, and it's a tough, swaggering number.
Steve Cropper produced it and plays guitar, with Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums. For a flip side it did fine on its own, reaching 38 on Billboard's R&B chart and 51 on the pop chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1706 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2026 | 983 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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