Otis Redding’s “Sittin’ On The Dock of the Bay” gets a piano instrumental cover in a new video by Montechair. If you’re a piano fan, this is the video to watch. Play the video to hear the wonderful cover. 

As the YouTuber plays each key to the lovely and lively song, he displays tutorial-like imagery, and each key lights up when he presses it. Dashes of light precede each key before he presses it so that viewers can follow along. 

If you want to sing along to the keys, some of the lyrics are: 

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Otis wrote the song in June of 1967 from pure experience when he rented a houseboat in Sausalito. It was a peaceful and relaxing time with his manager, “Speedo” Sims. He just rocked on the boat and played his guitar. 

“We must have been out there three or four days before I could get any concept as to where he was going with the song,” said Speedo. “I just didn’t understand it. And lyrically, it sounded weird. He was changing with the times. And I was looking at the times change.”

After five months, Otis brought the song to Sax studios. He finished the song, adding a bridge with guitarist Steve Cropper. They had it done in just 30 minutes. 

“When I wrote with Otis, I always tried to make the lyric about him and his life,” Cropper said. “Songs like ‘Mr. Pitiful,’ ‘Sad Song’—those are all about him. ‘Dock of the Bay’ was, too. Otis trusted me. I always seemed to do the things he liked.”

And now, decades later, Montechair brings Otis’ peaceful and soulful spirit to life—one key at a time.