(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/(Sittin'_On)_The_Dock_of_the_Bay
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:song
gptkbp:album gptkb:The_Dock_of_the_Bay
gptkbp:artist gptkb:Otis_Redding
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Grammy_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:B-side gptkb:Sweet_Lorene
gptkbp:chartPosition gptkb:UK_Singles_Chart_#3
Billboard Hot 100 #1
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:Steve_Cropper
gptkbp:coveredBy gptkb:Michael_Bolton
gptkb:Sara_Bareilles
gptkb:Sam_&_Dave
gptkbp:engineer gptkb:Ron_Capone
gptkb:Zal_Schreiber
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Soul
R&B
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
gptkbp:label gptkb:Stax_Records
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:length 2:43
gptkbp:musicVideo no official music video (released before MTV era)
gptkbp:notableFor first posthumous number-one single in US chart history
whistling outro
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Steve_Cropper
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Rolling_Stone_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time_#26_(2021)
gptkbp:recordedAt December 7, 1967
November 22, 1967
gptkbp:releaseDate January 8, 1968
gptkbp:studio gptkb:Stax_Studios,_Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:theme longing
reflection
melancholy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Otis_Redding
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5