"Glory Box" is a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by Portishead, released in 1995. The title song samples "Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...

. The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 features lead singer Beth Gibbons

Beth Gibbons

Beth Gibbons is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist for the iconic British band Portishead.-Early life:...

 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

Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty is a 1996 drama film directed by Academy Award-winning Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot. It stars Liv Tyler, D.W. Moffett, Jeremy Irons, and Rachel Weisz...

 (1996), When the Cat's Away (1996),"The Craft

The Craft

The Craft can refer to several things:* The Craft , a 1996 film* The Craft , Blackalicious album released in September 2005* The Craft, an alternative and casual name for Freemasonry* The Craft, an alternate name for witchcraft...

" (1996), B. Monkey

B. Monkey

B. Monkey is a 1998 film directed by Michael Radford. Originally, Michael Caton-Jones was attached to direct the adaptation of the book by Andrew Davies, but left over creative differences.-Plot:...

 (1998), Tout pour plaire (2005), Lord of War

Lord of War

Lord of War is a 2005 French-German-American action drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, with the DVD following on January 17, 2006 and the Blu-ray Disc on July 27, 2006.Cage plays an illegal arms...

 (2005), and Antichrist (film)

Antichrist (film)

Antichrist is a 2009 arthouse-horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It follows horror film conventions and tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange...

 (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

Rescue Me (TV series)

Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...

 which aired on 2 June 2009.

In France, the song featured in early 2000s in a TV advert for Candia

Candia

-Places:* The old Venetian name for Heraklion, Crete* Kingdom of Candia, colony of the Republic of Venice * Candia Canavese, Italy* Candia Lomellina, Italy...

 milk. It was also used in a Levi's Jeans commercial.

The 1998 cover by John Martyn

John Martyn

John Martyn, OBE , born Iain David McGeachy, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums, working with artists such as Eric Clapton and David Gilmour...

 was used in the film Colombiana

Colombiana (film)

Colombiana is a 2011 French-American action film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. The film stars Zoë Saldana in the lead role...

(2011).

Track listings

CD single

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

CD maxi and 12"

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

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