Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer - 1986 " Sledgehammer " is a…
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Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer - 1986
" Sledgehammer " is a song by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel . It was released in April 1986 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, So (1986). It was produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois . It reached No. 1 in Canada on July 21,1986, and remained there for four weeks; No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States on July 26, 1986; and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart , thanks in part to its music video which was directed by Stephen R. Johnson . 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 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 Awards 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 .
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" Sledgehammer " is a song by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel . It was released in April 1986 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, So (1986). It was produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois . It reached No. 1 in Canada on July 21,1986, and remained there for four weeks; No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States on July 26, 1986; and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart , thanks in part to its music video which was directed by Stephen R. Johnson . 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 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 Awards 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 .
#music #charttoppers #tangled
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