Glory Box

"Glory Box"
Single by Portishead
from the album Dummy
B-side "Toy Box"
Released 2 January 1995
Format
Recorded 1994
Genre Trip hop[1]
Length 5:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Portishead singles chronology
"Sour Times"
(1994)		 "Glory Box"
(1995)		 "All Mine"
(1997)

"Sour Times"
(1994)		 "Glory Box"
(1995)		 "All Mine"
(1997)

"Glory Box" is a song by English electronic band Portishead. It was released on 2 January 1995, as the third and final single from their 1994 debut album Dummy. The song samples "Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes and the bassline from the Wallace Collection song "Daydream".

Music video

The music video is set in the 1950s, featuring lead singer Beth Gibbons as a jazz singer at a club while various office workers watch her perform. Sexual tension begins to rise between certain characters, as eventually, all of the workers, as separate couples, attend the club where Beth is performing. Apart from the band members, the entire cast of the video appear in drag.

The song can be heard in several films, such as Stealing Beauty, When the Cat's Away, The Craft, B. Monkey, Tout pour plaire, Lord of War, Claudine's Return and Wild.

The song has also been used in several TV episodes, such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Chaos Theory") Daria ("Pinch Sitter"), Rescue Me ("Thaw"), Numb3rs ("And The Winner Is..." ) and Ringer ("If You Ever Want a French Lesson").

In France, the song featured in early 2000s in a TV advert for fr:Candia milk.

The song appeared in a Levi's Jeans commercial.

The song's main instrumental was sampled for Alessia Cara's 2015 song "Here."

The song is used in the hidden camera prank series Trigger Happy TV.

Track listings

CD single

  1. "Glory Box" (edit)
  2. "Toy Box"

CD maxi

  1. "Glory Box" (edit)
  2. "Toy Box"
  3. "Scorn"
  4. "Sheared Box"

12" Side one

  1. "Glory Box"
  2. "Scorn"
  3. "Sheared Box"

Side two

  1. "Strangers"
  2. "Wandering Star"

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3][4] 96
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] 36
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 31
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[8] 25
France (SNEP)[9] 12
Russia (Toplist)[10] 4
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[10] 13

References

  1. ↑ Nyre, Lars (2009). Sound Media: From Live Journalism to Music Recording. Routledge. p. 57. ISBN 1135253773.
  2. ↑ ASCAP entry for song
  3. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 04 Jun 1995". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Portishead – Glory Box" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Search Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original (To access, enter the search parameter "Portishead" in artist field) on 3 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "Top 40 week 11 van 1995" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Portishead – Glory Box". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Portishead – Glory Box". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Portishead". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
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