"Glory of Love" is a 1986 song performed by
Peter Cetera, which he wrote and composed with his then-wife Diane Nini and
David Foster.[1] The song was recorded by Cetera shortly after he left the band
Chicago to pursue a solo career. Featured in the film The Karate Kid Part II (1986), it was Cetera's first hit single after he left the band, reaching number one on the
Billboard Hot 100,[2] and it was included on his album Solitude/Solitaire (
1986), which
Michael Omartian produced.[3]
"Glory of Love" peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 2, 1986, remaining in that spot for two weeks. It also spent five weeks atop the US
adult contemporary chart.[4]Billboard ranked the
power ballad[5] as number fourteen on the Top Pop Singles of 1986,[6]: Y-21 and number four on the Top Adult Contemporary Singles of 1986.[6]: Y-27 The song achieved similar success in the UK, peaking at number three on the
UK Singles Chart, where it was the
26th best-selling single of 1986.[7]
Release and reception
"Glory of Love" made its first appearance on the
Billboard Hot 100 in the US at number 62, for the week ending on June 7, 1986,[8][9] and debuted at number 59 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart that same date.[10] In the same issue, Cash Box also shows the single as a new release.[11]
The single has not been certified gold or platinum by the
RIAA, although the record album that it appeared on, Solitude/Solitaire, has been certified both gold and platinum.[12]
Cetera has said that he originally wrote and composed "Glory of Love" as the end title for the film Rocky IV (
1985), but it was passed over by
United Artists, instead ultimately being used as the theme for The Karate Kid Part II (1986).[18][19]
The single of "Glory of Love" and the accompanying video were released in May 1986, while the album, Solitude/Solitaire, was released within days of the release of the movie, The Karate Kid Part II, a month later.[20] Upon its release, the song was often incorrectly credited as being a new song performed by Cetera's former band Chicago owing to its similarity in style to many of the band's popular songs for which Cetera had been the lead vocalist.[21]
David Foster in his 1991 album "David Foster Recordings".
Australian boy band
North covered the song, which was released as their debut single from their 2004 self-titled debut album North, charting in a number of Asian music charts.
In 2011, the song was parodied by the Fringemunks as part of a medley that recapped Fringe episode 3.21, "The Last Sam Weiss."[26]
In 2011, Canadian artist
Karl Wolf greatly sampled the song in his released single "
Ghetto Love" featuring Canadian rapper
Kardinal Offishall. The single was released in Canada on
Universal Republic. The music video for the release was by
Director X and it was filmed in Jamaica.[27] The song reached No. 20 on the Canadian Hot 100. A French version also exists, but retains the English-language chorus.
"Glory of Love" was performed as the finale of the Irish stage show Riot in 2018 in
Sydney, Australia.[29]
"Glory of Love" plays while a woman runs over a man with a minivan in season 2, episode 3 of the
NBC broadcast television series, Good Girls. The episode first aired on March 17, 2019.[30][31]
B-side
The song "On the Line" which was on the
B-side of the
45 rpm single[32][33] was from Cetera's eponymously named first solo album, Peter Cetera, which had been released in 1981.
^Solitude/Solitaire (audio CD liner notes). Peter Cetera. USA: Warner Brothers Records, Inc. 1986. 9 25474-2.{{
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^Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 50.
^Interview with Peter Cetera (
YouTube). Singapore: Channel NewsAsia. September 13, 2013. Event occurs at 5:25.
Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
^Watts, Larry R.; Pitzonka, Bill (2017). The Very Best of Peter Cetera (audio CD liner notes). Peter Cetera. USA: Varese Sarabande Records. 302 067 470 8.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 59.
ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 19, 1988.
^Nielsen Business Media, Inc (December 27, 1986). "1986 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 52. p. Y-21. {{
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