Gloria (Them-Lied)

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{{Infobox single
| Name = Gloria
| Cover = Gloria (Them song) coverart.jpg
| Artist = [[Them (band)|Them]]
| Album = [[The Angry Young Them]]
| A-side = "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]"
| B-side = "Gloria"
| Released = {{Start date|1964|7|6|df=y}} (as B-side) {{Start date|df=yes|1965}} (as A-side)
| Format = [[Gramophone record|Vinyl 7"]]
| Recorded = 5 April 1964, Decca Three Studios, [[West Hampstead]]
| Genre = [[Garage rock]], [[proto-punk]]
| Length = 2:38
| Label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] (UK), [[Parrot Records|Parrot]] (US)
| Writer = [[Van Morrison]]
| Producer = [[Dick Rowe]]
| Last single = "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]" (1964)
| This single = "'''Gloria'''" (1965)
| Next single = "[[Here Comes the Night (Them song)|Here Comes the Night]]" (1965)
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Audio file = Gloria - Them.ogg
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| Misc =
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{{Infobox single
| Name = Gloria
| Cover =
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Van Morrison]]
| from Album = [[It's Too Late to Stop Now]]
| A-side = "Gloria"
| B-side = "[[Warm Love]]"
| Released = 1974
| Format =
| Recorded = 1973
| Genre =
| Length = 4:16
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Writer = [[Van Morrison]]
| Producer = [[Van Morrison]], [[Ted Templeman]]
| Certification =
| Chart position =
| Last single = "[[Caldonia]]" (1974)
| This single = "Gloria" (1974)
| Next single = "[[The Eternal Kansas City]]" (1977)
|Misc =
}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Gloria
| Cover =
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Van Morrison]] & [[John Lee Hooker]]
| from Album = [[Too Long in Exile]]
| A-side = "Gloria"
| B-side = "It Must Be You"
| Released = 1993
| Format =
| Recorded = 1992
| Genre =
| Length = 5:19
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[Polydor]]
| Writer = Van Morrison
| Producer = Van Morrison
| Certification =
| Chart position =
| Chronology = [[Van Morrison]] singles
| Last single = "[[Why Must I Always Explain?]]" (1991)
| This single = "Gloria" (1993)
| Next single = "[[Have I Told You Lately]]" (With [[The Chieftains]]) (1995)
|Misc =
}}
"'''Gloria'''" is a song written by [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[Van Morrison]] and originally recorded by Morrison's band [[Them (band)|Them]] in 1964 and released as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]". The song became a [[garage rock]] staple and a part of many rock bands' repertoires. It is particularly memorable for its "G–L–O–R–I–A" chorus. It is easy to play, as a simple [[three-chord song]], and thus is popular with those learning to play [[guitar]].

==History==
Morrison said that he wrote "Gloria" while he performed with the Monarchs in Germany in the summer of 1963, at just about the time he turned eighteen years old.<ref>Heylin, p. 76</ref> He started to perform it at the Maritime Hotel when he returned to [[Belfast]] and joined up with the Gamblers to form the band Them. He would [[Ad libitum|ad-lib]] [[lyrics]] as he performed, sometimes stretching the song to fifteen or twenty minutes. After signing a [[Recording contract|contract]] with [[Dick Rowe]] and [[Decca Records|Decca]], Them went to London for a recording session at Decca Three Studios in West Hampstead on 5 July 1964; "Gloria" was one of the seven songs recorded that day. Besides Morrison, present were Billy Harrison on [[guitar]], Alan Henderson on [[bass guitar|bass]], Ronnie Millings on [[Drum kit|drums]] and Patrick John McCauley on [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]. Rowe brought in session musicians [[Arthur Greenslade]] on organ and [[Bobby Graham (musician)|Bobby Graham]] on drums, since he considered the Them members too inexperienced. There remains some dispute about whether Millings and McCauley were miked up, but Alan Henderson contends that Them constituted the first [[rock group]] to use two drummers on a recording.<ref>Turner, p. 46-49</ref> Although some sources claim that [[Jimmy Page]] played second guitar, other sources deny this.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IcFBLtl7sq8C&pg=PA303&dq=%22jimmy+page%22+%22van+morrison%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-G1aU5TLJs-pyASeyYG4Bw&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22jimmy%20page%22%20%22van%20morrison%22&f=false |title=Please Please Me : Sixties British Pop, Inside Out: Sixties British Pop ... - Gordon Thompson - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&pg=PA1131&dq=%22jimmy+page%22+%22van+morrison%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-G1aU5TLJs-pyASeyYG4Bw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22jimmy%20page%22%20%22van%20morrison%22&f=false |title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref>

Gloria was the B-side when "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]" was released in the U.K. on 6 November 1964. It was re-released in 1973 on the [[Deram Records|Deram]] label, but did not chart.

==Appearances==

===Original studio recording by Them===
* ''[[The Angry Young Them]]'' (1965)
* ''[[The Best of Van Morrison]]'' (1990)
* ''[[The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Still on Top - The Greatest Hits]]'' (2007)

===Studio version with John Lee Hooker===
* ''[[Too Long in Exile]]'' (1993)
* ''[[The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3]]'' (2007)

===Live versions by Van Morrison===
* ''[[It's Too Late to Stop Now]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Van Morrison in Ireland]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Van Morrison The Concert]]'' (1990)
* ''[[A Night in San Francisco]]'' (featuring [[John Lee Hooker]]) (1994)
* ''[[Live at Austin City Limits Festival]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl]]'' (vinyl bonus track) (2009)
* ''[[Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film]]'' (bonus track) (2009)

==Cover versions==
* [[The Gants]] (from the album ''Roadrunner'') – earliest known cover version released in November 1965.
* [[The Bobby Fuller Four]] (around the time of the song's original popularity in 1965) covered the song live at P.J.'s Night Club. It was recorded as a track and released on ''Live at PJ's Plus!''.
* [[The Shadows of Knight]] single released in December 1965 (later included in the album ''Gloria''). Reached number 10 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1966, topping the original in the U.S. only in areas where Them's version could not be played, because it contained the words, "She comes to my room". Some radio stations objected to this, most notably Chicago's station [[WLS (AM)|WLS]]. The Chicago-based band Shadows of Knight's version replaced this line with "She calls out my name."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/chicago/dunwich.html|title=Dunwich Album Discography|publisher=bsnpubs.com|accessdate=2008-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicbands.com/banned.html |title=The History of Banned R&R|publisher=classicbands.com|accessdate=2008-10-31}}</ref>
* [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] (under name The Spectres) at Saturday Club, BBC on 10/09/1966; and as Status Quo at David Symonds Show on 8/4/68 and 12/4/68.
* [[The Doors]] covered the song between 1968 and 1970. One of these performances was released on ''[[Alive, She Cried]]'' (1983) (number 18 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 71 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1983). The same version can be found on the ''[[The Very Best of The Doors (2007 album)|The Very Best of The Doors]]'' compilation album.
* [[AC/DC]] covered the song regularly in their early formation; lead singer [[Bon Scott]] had previously performed "Gloria" with his first group, [[The Spektors]].
{{Infobox single
| Name = Gloria
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]]
| Album = [[Horses (album)|Horses]]
| B-side = "[[My Generation (The Who song)|My Generation]]"
| Released = {{Start date|df=yes|1976}}
| Format = [[Gramophone record|Vinyl 7"]]
| Recorded = [[Electric Lady Studios]], 1975
| Genre = [[Punk rock]]
| Length = 5:57
| Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| Writer = [[Van Morrison]], [[Patti Smith]]
| Producer = [[John Cale]]
| Misc =
{{Extra chronology
| Artist = [[Patti Smith]] singles
| Type = single
| Last single = "[[Hey Joe]]" (1974)
| This single = "'''Gloria'''" (1976)
| Next single = "[[Pissing in a River|Pissing in a River]]" (1976)
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Audio file = Gloria.ogg
}}
}}
* [[Patti Smith]], from her 1975 album ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]''. This version is based on the Morrison tune, but its lyrics are reinvented for the nascent punk rock movement, retaining only the chorus, and adding possibly ironic allusions to the sacred allusions of the title. It memorably begins, "Jesus died for somebody's sins / But not mine".
* [[Eddie and the Hot Rods]], on their 7" titled "96 Tears/Get Out of Denver/Gloria/ (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" that was released in the United Kingdom in 1976.
* [[Santa Esmeralda]] (from the album ''Don't let me be misunderstood'') in a disco-gypsy way in 1977.
* [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s version of "Gloria" was first included on the 1979 compilation, ''[[The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two]]'', as a 7 inch, 33{{fraction|1|3}} RPM, one-sided single. It is also included on the 2000 released box set, ''[[The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Box set)|The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]''. His version was not a traditional cover – he included entire verses of his own creation, and appeared to be ad-libbing as he went along. The lyrics included lines about drummer Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding.
* [[Joe Strummer]]'s band [[The 101ers]] recorded the song on their album ''[[Elgin Avenue Breakdown]]'' released in 1981.
* New Zealand band [[The Pleazers]] performed a version of the song, which is on the multiple-artist album ''Kiwi Classics, Vol 2''.
* [[U2]] snippeted this song at the ending of "[[Exit (U2 song)|Exit]]" during practically all its live performances, including the one on their album–movie ''[[Rattle and Hum]]'' released in 1988. (They also recorded an unrelated song called "[[Gloria (U2 song)|Gloria]]".)
* [[David Bowie]] played the song regularly on his 1990 Sound and Vision Tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littleoogie.com/david_bowie_tours/sound/page1.html|title=The Sound + Vision Tour|publisher=littleoogie.com|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref>
* A portion of the intro, guitar solo, and outtro of "Play Guitar" by [[John Cougar Mellencamp]], was very similar to a portion of "Gloria"'s guitar riff.
* [[Energy Orchard]] released a live version on their 1993 album, ''[[Shinola (Energy Orchard album)|Shinola]]''.
* [[Shane MacGowan]] performed the song with [[Van Morrison]] at the 1994 [[BRIT Awards]] ceremony and changed "R–I–A" to "I–R–A" when singing the chorus.
* [[Rick Springfield]] covered the song live on the 2001 album ''Greatest Hits Alive'' and has performed the song several times in concert, often following Morrison's lead by ad-libbing lyrics and stretching the song's length.<ref>{{cite web|title=Songs: Gloria|url=http://www.rickspringfield.us/library/covers/gloria.html|accessdate=23 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Popa Chubby]] released a live album recorded at a 2003 radio show in France, entitled ''Live at FIP'', that including "Gloria" (sung with his wife).
* [[Tom Petty]] played the song several times on his Highway Companion Tour in 2006, and he closed most of the shows with it during his twenty-night run at The Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco in 1997.
* [[The Tragically Hip]] performed a live version of the song, which included a monologue by [[Gordon Downie]] about tying his friend, Roch, to the railroad tracks.
* [[Bill Murray]] opened the 2007 [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]] by playing "Gloria", stating that it is the only song he knows how to play, with [[Eric Clapton]] appearing on stage to expertly finish it for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crossroadsguitarfestival2007.com/pbsgreatperformance.html|publisher=crossroadsguitarfestival2007.com|title=Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007|accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref>
* [[Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams]] covered the song in a medley with the [[Christmas carol]] "[[Angels We Have Heard on High]]" on their live Christmas album ''[[A Very Slambovian Christmas]]'', released in 2008.
* [[Bruce Springsteen]] closed his concert at the [[Hershey Park Stadium]] on 19 August 2008 with a cover of "Gloria", proclaiming, "Let's take it back to where it all started!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://springsteeninformationcenter.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/bruce-springsteen-hershey-park-sweet-review-8-19-08/|publisher=springsteeninformationcenter.wordpress.com|title=Bruce Springsteen, Hershey Park sweet review, 08-19-2009|accessdate=2009-08-19}}</ref> He also performed snippets of the song on occasion as an introduction to "She's the One" on 1978's [[Darkness Tour]].
* [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] sings the chorus of G-L-O-R-I-A at the ending of the song, "Horseshoes and Handgrenades" on the 2009 [[Green Day]] album ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]''. Also evincing Van Morrison's "Gloria" as an inspiration on their eighth album, one of the main characters is named Gloria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ivorytowerz.com/2009/05/music-review-green-days-21st-century.html|title=Music Review: Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown|publisher=ivorytowerz.com|accessdate=2009-09-02}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Kiedis]] sings G-L-O-R-I-A during the song "Venice Queen". "Venice Queen" was lyrically composed as an ode to Kiedis' drug rehabilitation therapist, Gloria Scott, who died shortly after he purchased her a home on [[California]]'s [[Venice Beach]]
* [[Iggy Pop]] covered the song on the 2011 album ''[[Roadkill Rising]]''
* [[The 13th Floor Elevators]] included a 1966 live cover of the song in the 2005 anniversary edition of its album ''[[The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators]]''.
* [[Dennis Quaid]] played the song with [[Meat Loaf]] in 2009 in concert in Winnipeg, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_spdV16YKg |title=MEAT LOAF: Paul and Dennis Quaid |date=10 October 2009 |website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=2013-09-23}}</ref>
* [[Bon Jovi]] covered the song as part of a medley during their 2011 [[Bon Jovi Live]] tour.<ref name=IrishTimes>{{cite news|title=Same old bad medicine and leather trousers as Bon Jovi turn up the heat|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0630/1224299793269.html|accessdate=27 December 2011|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=30 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[Simple Minds]] have covered the song on the [[Neon Lights (album)|''Neon Lights'']] album and have performed it many times live, often ending concerts with an extended rendition.<ref name="dream giver redux">{{cite web|title=Songs: Gloria|url=http://www.simpleminds.org/sm/songs/nl/g1.htm|accessdate=24 February 2012}}</ref>
* [[Pidżama Porno]] covered the song on their 1998 album ''[[Styropian]]''. Only the music remains from the original, with the Polish lyrics written by [[Krzysztof Grabowski]] and [[Marcin Świetlicki]].
* Other covers of the Morrison song include those by notable artists like [[Grateful Dead]], [[R.E.M.]], [[Rickie Lee Jones]], [[Johnny Thunders]] and [[Blues Magoos]].
* 2015 song was covered by FuguFish based on [[Pidżama Porno]] lyrics. The title of the cover - "Gorila".

==Acclaim==
One explanation for the timeless popularity of the song was offered in [[Allmusic]]'s review by [[Bill Janovitz]]:<ref>{{cite web |last=Janovitz |first=Bill |authorlink=Bill Janovitz |url={{Allmusic|class=song|id=t3122630|pure_url=yes}} |title=Gloria |accessdate=2008-04-15 |work=Allmusic}}</ref>
{{blockquote|The beauty of the original is that Van Morrison needs only to speak-sing, in his [[Howlin' Wolf]] growl, "I watch her come up to my house/She knocks upon my door/And then she comes up to my room/I want to say she makes me feel all right/G-L-O-R-I-A!" to convey his teenage lust. The original Latin meaning of the name is not lost on Morrison. Them never varies from the three chords, utilizing only dynamic changes to heighten the tension.}}

"Gloria" was rated number 69 on [[Dave Marsh]]'s list in the 1989 book ''The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made''. He described the song as "one of the few rock songs that's actually as raunchy as its reputation."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lexjansen.com/cgi-bin/marsh_xml.php?fn=66 |title=The Heart of Rock and Soul |accessdate=2008-04-15 |last=Marsh |first=Dave |authorlink=Dave Marsh |year=1989}}</ref>

In his book ''Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles'', [[Paul Williams (Crawdaddy! creator)|Paul Williams]] said about the two sides of the "Baby Please Don't Go/Gloria" recording: "Into the heart of the beast... here is something so good, so pure, that if no other hint of it but this record existed, there would still be such a thing as rock and roll.... Van Morrison's voice a fierce beacon in the darkness, the lighthouse at the end of the world. Resulting in one of the most perfect rock anthems known to humankind."<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Williams (Crawdaddy! creator) |author2=Berryhill, Cindy Lee |title=Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles |edition=Hardcover |date=December 1993 |publisher=Entwhistle Books |location=United States |isbn=978-0-934558-41-9 |pages=71–72 |chapter=Baby Please Don't Go / Gloria – Them (1964)}}</ref>

Humourist [[Dave Barry]] joked that "You can throw a guitar off a cliff, and as it bounces off rocks on the way down, it will, all by itself, play Gloria."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/images/Article-Glory_Days.pdf |title=Glory Days |accessdate=2012-06-10|last=Barry |first=Dave}}</ref>

In 1999, "Gloria" by Them received the [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Award |accessdate=2008-04-15 |year=1999 |work=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref> In 2000, "Gloria" by Them was listed as number 81 on [[VH1]]'s list of The 100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1rocksongs2.htm |title=VH1 100 Greatest Rock Songs 51-100|accessdate=2008-06-01|publisher=rockonnet.com}}</ref> In 2004, "Gloria" by Them was ranked #208 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s list of the [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]], moving down to #211 in the 2010 updated list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html#500Songs|title=The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|date=2004-12-09|publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk|accessdate=2010-05-22}}</ref> "Gloria" was also included in [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]] twice: by Patti Smith and by Shadows of Knight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150472.html|title=500 Songs that shaped rock|publisher=infoplease.com|accessdate=2010-11-03}}</ref>

==In the media==
Them's recording of the song appeared in an episode of TV series ''[[The Sopranos]]'', "[[Pine Barrens (The Sopranos episode)|Pine Barrens]]", accompanying the appearance of [[Annabella Sciorra]]'s character Gloria Trillo. "Gloria" by Them was played a number of times in the 1983 film ''[[The Outsiders (film)|The Outsiders]]'' and also sung while fending off the monster in the [[jukebox musical]], ''[[Return to the Forbidden Planet]]''. It was also professional skateboarder Jim Greco's song in the video "Baker 2g".

==Charts==
'''Them'''1
{|class="wikitable"
! Chart (1965)<ref name="them charts">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5630|pure_url=yes}} |title=Them – Billboard charts |accessdate=2008-04-14 |work=Allmusic}}</ref>
! Position
|-
| [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|93
|-
! Chart (1966)<ref name="them charts"/>
! Position
|-
| Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|71
|}

'''Shadows of Knight'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Chart (1966)<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r49102|pure_url=yes}} |title=Shadows of Knight – Billboard chart |accessdate=2008-04-15 |work=Allmusic}}</ref>
! Position
|-
| [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|}

'''Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Chart (1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Van Morrison – Irish chart |accessdate=2008-04-15 |work=Irish Recorded Music Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=20826 |title=Van Morrison – UK chart |accessdate=2008-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r170187|pure_url=yes}} |title=Van Morrison – Billboard chart |accessdate=2008-04-14 |work=Allmusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=73902&cat=s |title=Van Morrison – charts |accessdate=2008-04-14}}</ref>
! Position
|-
| [[Irish Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
| [[UK Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
| [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|36
|-
| Australia
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|-
| Netherlands
| style="text-align:center;"|37
|}

* 1 As a B-side on 1964 single "Baby, Please Don't Go", the original recording charted at number 10 in the UK mostly due to the popularity of "Gloria".

==References==
* {{cite book |last=Williams |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Williams (Crawdaddy! creator) |author2=Berryhill, Cindy Lee |title=Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles |edition=Hardcover |date=December 1993 |publisher=Entwhistle Books |location=United States |isbn=978-0-934558-41-9 |pages=71–72 |chapter=Baby Please Don't Go / Gloria – Them (1964)}}
* {{cite book |last=Rogan |first=Johnny |authorlink=Johnny Rogan |title=Van Morrison: No Surrender |edition=Hardcover |date=June 2005 |publisher=Secker and Warburg |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-0-436-20566-8}}
* [[Clinton Heylin|Heylin, Clinton]] (2003). ''Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography'', Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7
* [[Steve Turner (writer)|Turner, Steve]] (1993). ''[[Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now]]'', Viking Penguin, ISBN 0-670-85147-7

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{Allmusic|class=song|id=t3122630|label=Gloria}}
* {{MetroLyrics song|them|gloria}}

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