Watch: Common & John Legend Bring ‘Selma’ Protest Anthem “Glory” to ‘GMA’

On Monday, Common and John Legend hit the Good Morning America Winter Concert Series stage with a soulful performance of their Selma theme “ Glory .”

Earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song, “Glory” was released to accompany the Paramount film’s limited theater release in December 2014.

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Directed by Ava DuVernay and produced by Cloud Eight Films, Harpo Films, and Plan B Entertainment, the civil rights drama is a frontrunner for the Oscars.

The film has also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture ( David Oyelowo ), Best Director, and Best Motion Picture – Drama.

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Common co-stars as James Bevel alongside David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. , Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King , Tim Roth as George Wallace , Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton Robinson , Giovanni Ribisi as Lee C. White , Omar Dorsey as James Orange , Andre Holland as Andrew Young, Niecy Nash as Richie Jean Jackson , Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy , Wendell Pierce as Hosea Williams , Tessa Thompson as Diane Nash , Keith Stanfield as Jimmie Lee Jackson , Stephan James as John Lewis , Alessandro Nivola as John Doar , Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Fred Gray , Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson , and Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper .

It expands to a wider theater release this Friday, January 9, 2015 . Be sure to tell the world why you #MarchOn at selmamarchon.com.

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