Glory Box

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"Glory Box"
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
Producer	Portishead and Adrian Utley
Portishead singles chronology
"Sour Times" (1994) "Glory Box" (1995) "All Mine" (1997)

"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."

Uses in the media

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 (2009).^{[citation needed]}

The song has also been used several TV series episodes, such as Rescue Me (episode #61), and Ringer (episode #3).

In France, the song featured in early 2000s in a TV advert for Candia milk.^{[citation needed]} It was also used in a Levi's Jeans commercial.^{[citation needed]}

The 1998 cover by John Martyn was used in the film Colombiana (2011).

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"

Sales chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	36
Dutch Mega Top 100	25
French SNEP Singles Chart	12
Irish Singles Chart	12
UK Singles Chart	13