<P> `` Hard to Handle '' is a 1968 song written by American soul music star Otis Redding along with Al Bell and Allen Jones . Originally recorded by Redding , it was released in 1968 as the B - side to `` Amen '' ( shortly after the singer 's sudden death in 1967 ) . The song also appears on the 1968 album The Immortal Otis Redding . Redding 's version reached # 38 on the Billboard R&B charts and # 51 on the pop charts . </P>
<P> `` Hard to Handle '' is a 1968 song written by American soul music star Otis Redding along with Al Bell and Allen Jones . Originally recorded by Redding , it was released in 1968 as the B - side to `` Amen '' ( shortly after the singer 's sudden death in 1967 ) . The song also appears on the 1968 album The Immortal Otis Redding . Redding 's version reached # 38 on the Billboard R&B charts and # 51 on the pop charts . </P>
who sang the song too hard to handle
who sang the song too hard to handle
Otis Redding
Otis Redding