1986 Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (US:#1 UK:#4)
“Sledgehammer” is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released as the lead single from his fifth studio album, So, on 21 April 1986. It was produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois. It reached No. 1 in Canada on 21 July 1986, where it spent four weeks; No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States on 26 July 1986; and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, thanks in part to its music video. It was his biggest hit in North America and ties with “Games Without Frontiers” as his biggest hit in the United Kingdom.
The song’s music video won a record nine MTV Video Music Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards and Best British Video at the 1987 Brit Awards. The song also saw Gabriel nominated for three Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In a 2005 poll conducted by Channel 4 the music video was ranked second on their list of the 100 Greatest Pop Videos
Album
So is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records. After working on the soundtrack to the film Birdy (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel’s Somerset home during 1985 to work on his next solo project. Initial sessions for So consisted of […]
Musicians
| Bass | Tony Levin |
| Drums | Manu Katche |
| Guitar | David Rhodes |
| Guitar | Daniel Lanois |
| Piano | Peter Gabriel |
| Synthesizer | Peter Gabriel |
| Sax | Mark Rivera |
| Trombone | Don Mikkelsen |
| Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
| Tambourine | Daniel Lanois |
| Background Vocals | Coral Gordon |
| Background Vocals | Dee Lewis |
| Background Vocals | PP Arnold |
| Vocals | Peter Gabriel |
Produced By
Peter Gabriel
Daniel Lanois
Songwriters
Peter Gabriel
Charts
US:#1
UK:#4