Glory Box – Portishead

Portishead occupied the UK top 40 for five weeks in 1995 with this track.

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Twenty years ago this week, Glory box by Portishead entered the UK singles chart at its highest position of number 13. After one week at its peak position, the song started to slide down the chart but remained in the top 40 for another four weeks.

Glory box was released on the Go! Beat record label and was the first of five UK top 40 hits for Portishead. It was taken from the double-platinum-selling album Dummy, which peaked at number 2 in the UK albums chart.

More music from Portishead

 

UK singles chart for the week ending 14 January 1995

1. Cotton eye Joe – Rednex

2. Think twice – Celine Dion

3. Love me for a reason – Boyzone

4. Stay another day – East 17

5. Here comes the hotstepper – Ini Kamoze

6. Set you free – N-Trance featuring Kelly Llorenna

7. Tell me when – Human League

8. Whatever – Oasis

9. Sympathy for the devil – Guns ‘N’ Roses

10. Them girls them girls – Zig and Zag

 

13. Glory box – Portishead