Hard to Handle

Name: Hard to Handle
Duration: 2 min 20 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	The Immortal Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album	US1968-06-15	ATCO Records	SD 33-252
3.9	Hard to Handle	2:16	Otis Redding	East Memphis Music: The Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1984	Rondor International	EM 50009
1.8	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	The Definitive Collection: The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	AU1987	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)	2-41118-2
3.8	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	The Otis Redding Story	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US1989	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)
1.4	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	The Immortal Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album	US1991-11-05	ATCO Records	80270-2
1.8	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	The Definitive Collection: The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	XE1992	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)	9548-31709-2
1.8	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	The Definitive Collection: The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	AU1992	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)	9548-31709-2
3.8	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US1993-11-09	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 71439
3.8	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	DE1993	Rhino (reissue label)	8122-71439-2
1.8	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	Dreams to Remember (The Very Best of Otis Redding)	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	DE1994	Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text)	9548 32719 2
1.8	Hard To Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	The Very Best of Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	DE1994	Rhino Records, Inc.
1.13	Hard to Handle	2:22	Otis Redding	The Very Best of Otis Redding, Volume 2	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US1995	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 71147
2.8	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	The Best Sixties Album in the World… Ever! III	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-11-10	Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Virgin TV	7243 8 44777 2 1, VTDCD 160
1.2	Hard to Handle	2:22	Otis Redding	Shake and Other Hits	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US1997	Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino)	R2 72801
2.12	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US1998-08-18	Rhino (reissue label)	8022-75471-2, 8122-75471-2
1.8	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	A Little Blues in Your Soul	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998
2.3	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	The Very Best of Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	XE2000	ATCO Records	8122735422
2.3	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	The Very Best of Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	-2000	ATCO Records	9548380872
1.5	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	Capital Gold Soul Legends	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2003-03-17	Virgin TV	VTDCD 517
1.11	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	Deep Memphis Soul	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US2004	Rhino Special Products
1.10	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Good Times 5	Norman and Joey Jay	Album + Compilation	GB2005-08-05	Resist Music	RESISTCD53
1.9	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Joey & Norman Jay MBE Present Good Times 5	Norman and Joey Jay	Album + Compilation	GB2005-08-15	Resist Music	RESISTCD53
2.16	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Legends of Soul: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding	Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	GB2005-08-15	Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!)	5101102322
2.12	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	The Definitive Soul Collection	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US2006-07-11 XE2007-01-26	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)	8122-77663-2
2.6	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	Tutto Otis: The King of Soul	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	IT2006-09-29	Warner Strategic Marketing	5051011-7187-2-4
1.14	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Mastermix Classic Cuts 61: Early Soul	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006	Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)	CC061
1.47	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Pure Southern Soul	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	XW2007-10-29	Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.7	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Otis Redding The Platinum Collection	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	XE2007
3.8	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	Atlantic Gold: 100 Soul Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2009	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)	1130199993
3.8	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	Atlantic Gold: 100 Soul Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2009	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)	R2 653282
3.8	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	Atlantic Gold: 100 Soul Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2009	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)	mntv100, wmtv100
3.1	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	100 Hits Legends: Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	GB2010-07-05	100 Hits	LEGENDS018
3.12	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	100 Hits: Sixties Pop	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010-10-04	100 Hits, Demon Music Group	DMG 100 066
1.10	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	60s Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010	Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)	CRIMCDHITS001
1.23	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	101 Sixties Party Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010	EMI TV	VTDCDX 1019
3.4	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	101 Soul Anthems	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2011-01-31	EMI TV	VTDCDX 1016
1.2	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	Soul Legend: The Very Best of Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	GB2011-06-20	Music Club Deluxe	MCDLX518
3.3	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	The Sixties	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2011-07-18	Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)	CRIM 360 001
1.4	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	The Immortal Otis Redding (24-Bit / 96.0 kHz)	Otis Redding	Album	US2012-05-01	Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)	[none]
2.4	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding Together	Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	GB2012-06-30	Rhino (reissue label)	8122797220
1.4	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	The Immortal Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album	XE2012	ATCO Records	8122-79699-7
2.22	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection (mono)	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US2013-07-23	Shout! Factory	826663-13488
1.47	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Sixties Soul Machine (75 track Amazon MP3 version of 3CD)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2013-09-16	Rhino (reissue label)
2.22	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	Sixties Soul Machine	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2013-09-24	Rhino (reissue label)	WMTV205
4.10	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	The King of Soul	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US2014-02-04	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)	R2 541306
4.10	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	The King of Soul	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US2014-02-04	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)	541306
8.4	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	The Complete Studio Albums Collection	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	US2015-06-03	Rhino (reissue label)
9.4	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	XE2015-10-30	ATCO Records	081227951979
3.4	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	Classic Stax	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2016-04-08	Rhino (reissue label), Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Stax, Universal UMC	UWCLA022
1.56	Hard to Handle	?:??	Otis Redding	Mafia III Soundtrack: Official Soundtrack of New Bordeaux	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	XW2016-10-07	2K Games
1.16	Hard to Handle	2:17	Otis Redding	L'Odyssée	Alexandre Desplat & Paris Studio Orchestra	Album + Soundtrack	FR2016-10-14	TF1 Musique	5721017
1.16	Hard to Handle	2:17	Otis Redding	L'Odyssée	Alexandre Desplat & Paris Studio Orchestra	Album + Soundtrack	FR2016-10-21	Universal Music Distribution Deal
1.4	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	Going In Style	Various Artists	Album + Compilation + Soundtrack	US2017-03-31	WaterTower Music
1.9	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	60’s Pop Essentials	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2017-12-22	X5 Music Group
3.6	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Classic Driving Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2017	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	UWCLA035
1.3	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Dock of the Bay Sessions	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	XW2018-05-18	Volt (US, Stax subsiduary)	R2 566247
1.16	Hard To Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	This Is Soul	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2018	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label), Stateside	0603497859139
1.93	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	100 Greatest Karaoke Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2019-11-22	Rhino (reissue label)	0190295314682
1.91	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	100 Greatest Singalong Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AF2019-11-22 AL2019-11-22 (show 216 more) SR2020-04-21	Rhino (reissue label)
1.28	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Greatest Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DZ2020-05-22 AO2020-05-22 (show 143 more) ZW2020-05-22	Rhino (reissue label)
2.22	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	Ain't Nothing But a House Party: 60s & Early 70s Club Soul Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2022-11-18	Strawberry Records (Cherry Red Records label)	CRJAMBOX013
1.20	Hard to Handle	2:21	Otis Redding	Sounds of the 60’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AL2023-01-24 DZ2023-01-24 (show 186 more) ZW2023-01-24	Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text), X5 Music Group
3.2	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Groovin' Time	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation
1.4	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	The Immortal Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Album	XW-	ATCO Records, Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)
2.4	Hard to Handle	2:20	Otis Redding	The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding Together (CD-Matrix: SM; ifpi LR11; 8122797220-2; 6121000810; ifpi K413)	Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	XE-	Rhino (reissue label)	8122797220
(unknown)
1.4	Hard to Handle	2:18	Otis Redding	Greatest Hits	Otis Redding	Album + Compilation	DE1993	Universe (Compilations — Attention, some releases may be bootlegs)	UN 3 052
3.8	Hard to Handle	2:19	Otis Redding	Only In America: Atlantic Soul Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2009

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producer:	Steve Cropper
bass guitar:	Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):	Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
guitar:	Steve Cropper
vocals:	Otis Redding

recording of:	Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle

writer:	Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer) Alvertis Isbell Otis Redding

publisher:	Carlin Music Corporation (in 1968) Irving Music, Inc. (in 1968)

later parody versions:	Guard Your Candle
later versions:	Otis (Eddy Mitchell song)

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