Portishead: "Glory Box" (1995)

"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."

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) and Lord of War (2005).

The song was also used in the final scenes of the episode "Thaw" of the FX Network show Rescue Me which aired on 2 June 2009. In France, the song featured in early 2000s in a TV advert for Candia milk. It was also used in a Levi's Jeans commercial.

- Lyrics:

I'm so tired of playing,
Playing with this bow and arrow,
Gonna give my heart away,
Leave it to the other girls to play.
For I've been a tempteress too long,
CHORUS:
Oh yeah,
Give me a reason to love you,
Give me a reason to be a women,
I just want to be a woman
From this time unchained,
Were all looking at a different picture,
Through this new frame of mind,
A thousand flowers could bloom,
Move over and give us some room
CHORUS
So don't you stop being a man,
Just take a little look from outside when you can,
Sow a little a tenderness,
No matter if you cry
CHORUS
{Its all I want to be, a woman,
So I just want to be a woman,
For this is the beginning of forever and ever,
Its time to move over now,
(So I want to be)...