"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]
"Glory of Love" was performed as the finale of the Irish stage show Riot in 2018 in Sydney, Australia.[26]
"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.[27][28]
B-side
The song "On the Line" which was on the B-side of the 45 rpm single[29][30] 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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^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. {{cite magazine}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
