Despite the lack of a commercial single release, the song managed to reach number 39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
[1] Guitarist Stone Gossard on the song: "Glorified G" was one that went through a series of changes, and barely held together the whole time.
There was this precarious balance, and then suddenly the bridge comes in from out of the blue, which, if Eddie doesn't sing it just right, sounds sort of foreign.
[5]Without being released as a single, "Glorified G" peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1994.
After the band's November 17, 1996 concert in Budapest, Hungary at the Sports Hall, the song was not performed live for a period of over six years.
[7][8] “Glorified G" finally made a return appearance at the band's April 11, 2003 concert in West Palm Beach, Florida at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre.
Live performances of "Glorified G" can be found on the "Dissident"/Live in Atlanta box set and various official bootlegs.