Songs Similar to Try a Little Tenderness by Otis Redding
Album: The Very Best of Otis Redding · Soul & Jazz · Romantic
Otis Redding's “Try a Little Tenderness” from the album The Very Best of Otis Redding is a soul & jazz track with r&b roots that we file under romantic songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 103 BPM.
The closest match right now is “These Arms of Mine” by Otis Redding (100% match). The list also pulls in Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Al Green and Marvin Gaye — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Otis Redding's. By genre, the list is mostly r&b (11 of 20 tracks), with rock and pop mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Try a Little Tenderness”
What songs are similar to Try a Little Tenderness?
On our list, the closest matches are “These Arms of Mine” by Otis Redding, “Cigarettes and Coffee” by Otis Redding and “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Try a Little Tenderness” by Otis Redding, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Try a Little Tenderness sound like?
Based on listening data, “Try a Little Tenderness” sits closest to Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave and Al Green. Fans of Otis Redding play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Try a Little Tenderness Soul & Jazz?
We file “Try a Little Tenderness” by Otis Redding under Soul & Jazz, while music stores list its album under R&B. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Try a Little Tenderness?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Try a Little Tenderness” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.