Glory

E1041
single song

"Glory" is an Academy Award–winning civil rights anthem by John Legend and Common, written for the 2014 film *Selma* and celebrated for its powerful commentary on racial justice.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Glory canonical 6
"Glory" 1
Selma (original motion picture soundtrack) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Common ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
associatedWith Selma (2014 film) ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media ⓘ
composer Common ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs civil rights anthem ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre R&B ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
inspiredBy American civil rights movement ⓘ
label Columbia Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
livePerformanceAt 87th Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
livePerformanceBy Common ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
musicVideoFeatures footage from Selma (2014 film) ⓘ
notableFor connection between historical and contemporary civil rights struggles ⓘ
powerful commentary on racial injustice ⓘ
partOf Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Selma (original motion picture soundtrack)
performer Common ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
recordedBy Common ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
releaseContext end credits of Selma ⓘ
releaseYear 2014 ⓘ
subjectOf social and political analysis in music criticism ⓘ
theme civil rights ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
vocalist Common ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
writer Che Smith ⓘ
Common ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
John Stephens ⓘ
Lonnie Lynn ⓘ
writtenFor film Selma ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Legend → notableWork → Glory ⓘ
Glory → partOf → Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selma (original motion picture soundtrack)
Common → notableSong → Glory ⓘ
Selma (2014 film) → featuredSong → Glory ⓘ
John Roger Stephens → notableWork → Glory ⓘ
Common (musician) → notableWork → Glory ⓘ
subject surface form: Common
87th Academy Awards → bestOriginalSongWinner → Glory ⓘ
Rhymefest → coWroteSong → Glory ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Glory"