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 appears 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 a variety of TV shows, such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Chaos Theory") Daria ("Pinch Sitter"), Rescue Me ("Thaw"), Numb3rs ("And The Winner Is..." ), Ringer ("If You Ever Want a French Lesson"), American Horror Story (“Could it be....Satan?) and Trigger Happy TV.

The song featured in a Levi's Jeans commercial, and a French TV advert for fr: Candia milk in the early 2000s.

In 1998, British folk and blues musician John Martyn adapted the song for his covers album, The Church with One Bell. The instrumental backbone of the original song has since been sampled in Alessia Cara's 2015 song "Here."

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
scope="row"Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 36
scope="row"Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[6] 10
scope="row"France (SNEP)[7] 25
scope="row"Ireland (IRMA)[8] 12
scope="row"Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 31
scope="row"Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 25
scope="row"Scotland (Official Charts Company)[11] 17
scope="row"UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] 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. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Portishead – Glory Box" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9238." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Portishead – Glory Box" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Glory Box". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 11, 1995" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Portishead – Glory Box" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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