| "Glory Box" | ||||
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| Single by Portishead | ||||
| from the album Dummy | ||||
| A-side | "Glory Box" | |||
| B-side | "Toy Box" | |||
| Released | 2 January 1995 | |||
| Format | CD single, CD maxi, 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, downtempo | |||
| Length | 5:06 | |||
| Label | Go! Discs/London | |||
| Writer(s) | Geoff Barrow Beth Gibbons Adrian Utley Isaac Hayes [1] |
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| Producer | Portishead and Adrian Utley | |||
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"Glory Box" is a single by Portishead, released in 1995. The title song samples "Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes. The music video features lead singer Beth Gibbons dressed as a man.
The song is a love song, featuring the frequent refrain, "give me a reason to be a woman."
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The song can be heard in several films, such as Stealing Beauty (1996), When the Cat's Away (1996),"The Craft" (1996), B. Monkey (1998), Tout pour plaire (2005), Lord of War (2005), and Antichrist (film) (2009) and the 9/27/11 episode of Ringer (2011).
The song was also used in the final scenes of the episode "Thaw" of the FX Network show Rescue Me which aired on 2 June 2009.
In France, the song featured in early 2000s in a TV advert for Candia milk. It was also used in a Levi's Jeans commercial.
The 1998 cover by John Martyn was used in the film Colombiana (2011).
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] | 36 |
| Dutch Mega Top 100[2] | 25 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart[2] | 12 |
| Irish Singles Chart[3] | 12 |
| UK Singles Chart[4] | 13 |
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