Glory (Bastille song)

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"Glory"
Single by Bastille
from the album Wild World
Released5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)
Recorded2016
Genre
Length4:41
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)Dan Smith
Producer(s)
Bastille singles chronology
"Blame"
(2016)
"Glory"
(2017)
"World Gone Mad"
(2017)

"Glory" is a song by English indie pop band Bastille. It was released on 5 June 2017 as the fourth and final single from their second studio album, Wild World (2016).[1] The song was written by Dan Smith, who handled the production along with Mark Crew.

Background[edit]

In an interview with NME, Dan Smith said, "The song is about friendship and those woozy middle-of-the-night chats that drunkenly seem so important at the time. It's my favourite track on "Wild World", and we wanted the video to be a celebration of storytelling, relationships, and how two people can remember things completely differently."[2]

Music video[edit]

A music video to accompany the release of "Glory" was first released onto YouTube on 5 June 2017 at a total length of five minutes.[3] The video was filmed in Dallas during the band's US tour and sees Dan Smith on an epic road trip. According to a press release, the band "attempts to make sense of a post truth era" in the video.[2]

Track listing[edit]

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Glory"4:41

Charts[edit]

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] 25
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[5] 34

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Glory - Single by Bastille". Apple Music.
  2. ^ a b "Watch Bastille's epic US road trip in 'Glory' video". NME. 5 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Bastille - Glory". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Bastille – Glory" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  5. ^ "Bastille – Glory" (in French). Ultratip.