A-side "Glory Box" Released 2 January 1995 | B-side "Toy Box" Recorded 1994 | |
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" | ||
"Glory Box" is a single by English musical group Portishead, released in 1995. The title song samples "Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes (as does Tricky's "Hell Is Around The Corner" from Maxinquaye, released the same year), which also samples the bassline of Wallace Collection's "Daydream". The song also appears as the last track on Portishead's 1994 album Dummy.
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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.
Uses in the media
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.
"Glory Box" 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 tv show Trigger Happy TV
Track listings
- "Glory Box" (edit)
- "Toy Box"
- "Glory Box" (edit)
- "Toy Box"
- "Scorn"
- "Sheared Box"
Side One
- "Glory Box"
- "Scorn"
- "Sheared Box"
Side Two
- "Strangers"
- "Wandering Star"