Off the soundtrack to the movie Selma, John Legend & Common’s “Glory” won “Best Original Song” at the 2015 Golden Globe Awards and the 87th Academy Awards.
Inspired by the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches and the Civil Rights Movement in general, Common explained how the song also relates to the recent protests in Ferguson, MO:
Legend expressed a similar sentiment:
On Jan. 18th 2015, the pair went to Selma to march in celebration of MLK Day even and there they even performed “Glory” live on the Edmund Pettus Bridge:
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Check out the song’s official music video as well as Legend & Common’s live performance at the 57th Grammy Awards.