Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (HD version)
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2012
- The official Sledgehammer video in HD. Directed by Stephen R. Johnson, produced by Adam Whittaker. Claymation, pixilation, and stop motion animation provided by Aardman Animations and the Brothers Quay.
Sledgehammer was the first single from the multi-platinum selling album So, the first of Peter’s studio albums to have a proper title and a watershed release in his career. Its marriage of the artistic and the commercial made for an indisputable success, with the album quickly sitting atop the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
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You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back
All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need
You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends
I want to be - your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
Oh let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony
Show me round your fruitcage
'Cos I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruitcage
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be
I want to be - your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm going to be - the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it
Sledge Sledge Sledgehammer
I've kicked the habit, shed my skin
This is the new stuff, I go dancing in, we go dancing in
Oh won't you show for me and I will show for you
Show for me, I will show for you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you, only you
You've been coming through
Going to build that power
Build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
Going to feel that power build in you
Come on, come on, help me do
Come on, come on, help me do
Yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh , yeh, yeh, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
It's what we're doing, doing
All day and night
So
Red Rain
Sledgehammer
Don't Give Up
That Voice Again
In Your Eyes
Mercy Street
Big Time
We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
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Who is watching this in 2024.
Sledge SLEDGEHAMMER 😊
I'm still watching in 2022
Me
Me! Will continue to watch until I can no longer watch! Thank you Mr Gabriel!
😎👍🇵🇭
I am. This one of my favorites
WHO ELSE JUST RANDOMLY WANTED TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO SLEDGEHAMMER BY PETER GABRIEL
Legendary track
presente!
Yep
Thats a YES. No idea why. Just HAD to hear and see it again!!
Marcus Reeves same here brother. 😎
I did! 5/15/24.I first heard this around 86 or 87.I am 63 now.Good music never gets old!
I went straight from here to the video and longed for my youth.
Happy 74th Birthday Peter Brian Gabriel 02/13/1950 in Surry, England.
A living legend in the progressive rock genre.
From Garden Wall to Genesis to his solo albums. Musical perfection.
Cheers Peter Brian and many more..
🎉❤ grazie!
AMEN
I am 57 and it is spectacualer
That bass. Holy moly.
Can feel the smoke coming off of it 😅
Tony Levin. With a pick.
Those horns! Stax studios would be proud
fretless and chorus...amazing @@mystiquesquared
It reminds me of the bass in superstition by stevie wonder.
Who's Still Listening In 2024❤ Give Me Some Steam ❤
Got the call from a shorts.
Man, we had the best music!
I’m leaving this comment here, so after a week or a month when someone likes it, I get reminded of this masterpiece!
I'd be honored if some 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of SISTER CHRISTIAN by Night Ranger, IS THIS LOVE by Whitesnake, and RADIO GA-GA by Queen in tribute to the age of legendary power ballads. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Stay safe and keep on rocking in the '020s.
Borderline brilliant.
Love it
I like the cut of your jib
there ya go
This is the best music video of all time.
If you're here because of Harry Styles, that's awesome and I'm so happy you discovered this gem.
Thank you, I'm grateful to have discovered it as well!
Stephan Alexander Thank you for not being rude. I am here because of Harry but I heard Harry sing it and thought it was amazing. I knew about Peter Gabriel, because honestly who doesn’t, but I never got into his music but now I am obsessed. Anyways, thank you for not being rude like all these other comments😊 Also I agree this music video is epic
Stephan Alexander... long time fan here❤️ Just wanted to make a comparative to the greatness of this video
I would have to say second best maybe
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Iconic - creativity at its peak with limited VFX tools
Every 80s kid loved it and was mesmerised by the visuals
Peter Gabriel - the best music videos
The 80’s was an amazing place to be.
I miss it!
Utmost BEST ..80's
Great music
Great 80s
Great 80s
Ok but can we talk about how INCREDIBLY well engineered the sound is on this entire album? Properly ahead of its time.
There's a geeky video dissecting the entire production process. Check out "produce like a pro", won't be disappointed!
Exactly why us sound techs use this song to adjust sound systems for concerts.
No time alignment, or auto tune either. It's like people had to have something to sound good before those things were invented. What was that thing? Oh yeah, talent.
@@bradyoung6663 haha exactly!!!!!
This is just a huge song/video in so many ways! MTV just played this every half hour ( it seemed), but who cares? Peter is an innovator and an artist! Bravo!
Be 67 tomorrow and love this stuff😎 MTV 1982 was the Best!
hope it was a happy one!
Right there with brother - 68 years young in May - I will keep rockin' on till they cremate me ;)
67 next month. Happy birthday to you and me.
MTV & VH1 🔥🏡🔥
Sledgehammer was released in 1986. I remember my graduation year very well!
Amended-Fun fact: The folks behind these effects were Aardman Animations, who are most well known for Wallace & Gromit. Check a comment below to get more information on this entire video and the incredible work done within. The dedication is incredible and it shows! :D
I figured as much. Either them or the people who did the opening credits of Pee Wee's Playhouse, since that started airing on Saturday morning TV around the same time, back in the late 80s.
This was so groundbreaking at the time. We were mesmerized beyond belief! Still am 😁
i was introduced to AA via angry kid in the early 2000s. still one of my favorite animations to this day.
That's incredible. Thanks for posting. Peter Gabriel had some of the best songs/videos of the 80's. ❤
Awesomex
Still banging in 2024. Sledgehammer!!!!
Probably one of the most creative videos of the golden MTV era.
The amount of time and editing it took to make this, considering the state of technology at the time, must have been tremendous.
Kudos to all involved.
My hats are off to the folk in the editing room. They'd have to be absolute wizards of film. I know I've heard big time celebrities rightfully praise them for their mastery of now outdated modes of filmography.
It's stop motion, that's been around for ages, it was nothing new at the time when this video is made.
Stop motion is like the oldest effects technique man, it's been there since the creation of cinema.
It's like Gumby only Gumby was smoother.
.... don't forget Pokey (or the Blockheads)
I miss a time when guys who looked like your dad could be huge megastars.
Back when talent was more important than image
Same all the way.
@@elnino4643 yeah cause ed sheeran and lewis capaldi are giving beckham a run for his money
@shesbaldbutiwould They suck in comparison. They both write the same old rehashed angsty heart broke shit music that is in surplus. Nothing talented or ground breaking about them.
@@dmc431 irrelevant mate they're megastars and they look like normal guys thats the point being made
Happy 74th Birthday Peter!
This is quite possibly the best song ever
I can't even begin to tell you how lucky I feel to have grown up in the golden age of the music video. Sledgehammer was one of the most important videos of its time and still, to this day, carries so much meaning to so many people.
Couldn't agree more. Remember hearing this for the first time and seeing the video. I was just leaving school. The song/video had an impact. Still looks good and sounds fresh as a daisy. I've seen AI videos recently in a sledgehammer style, no doubt done really quickly, but you can see the time and effort here. Awesome stuff.
I was there too.. also, love the horns and synthesizer together
+RonGavalik Well, every tune you listened to and every music video you watched in "your time" can also be watched by my grandchildren - and their grandchildren etc. Regarding music It's definitely an advantage to grow up now and not 40 years ago!
not even Peter Gabriel's best. Big Time is better and Shock the Monkey is both better and more relevant, deeper.
I saw Gabriel in Vancouver 2 months ago, when he did Sledgehammer the roof lifted off the building. We had great night.
The bass on this track is insane.
I can hear some influence from this bass line (especially the chorus) in the track by MGMT called Electric Feel: ua-cam.com/video/MmZexg8sxyk/v-deo.html
Well, Tone Levin is a very good bass player.
No lie!!!
Tony Levin is one of the greatest bassists in history.
Yep, they're good but for me it's all about the horn section, simply superb. I believe it's the Phenix Horns who were also known as the Earth Wind and Fire Horns.
Was this song stuck in anyone else's head until it was late at night and you just needed to hear it to satisfy your brain and now you can go to sleep?
The bass lines is incredible
This is not Just music with lyrics... This is Art... I love 80s
Made by the team who do wallace and gromit.
Nah
Ya can't help but love it
I agree. My stepdad passed away not too long ago. I remember listening to this shit with him as a kid and it just gets better as I get older.
@@unclestranger1917 sorry about your step dad my guy ♥️
Still one of the greatest music videos of all time!👍❤️❤️
Yea man!
Yes that's true❤😂
@@unnimaritakrogh6524 Aqui no Brasil foi tema da novela Roda De Fogo (1986-1987)
Não sei o porquê da globo não reprisar essa novela no Vale a Pena ver de novo.
Já foi reprisado em 1990.
Por causa da copa do mundo na Itália,a reprise não durou muito.
Yep just like Aha - Take On Me
It's difficult today to understand the impact of this when it came out in 1986. It made all other videos seem like complete crap in comparison, the stakes had definitely been upped. I would dash home from working hoping I could catch it as many times as possible in the MTV rotation.
eines der absolut besten Musikvideos, die in den 80ern entstanden.
Back when MTV was revolutionary
Such an awesome video!
back when MTV was MTV period.
Was this the first MTV video?? Can't remember...🤔🤔
@@Melissa404Vee The premiere video was The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star" iirc 🤔
Best music video of all time.
have to agree....set the bar so high and don't think any video has reach those heights ever since
The synth playing that bamboo flute throughout the song just adds another layer of brilliance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This its a masterpiece!!
It’s so good
It's a Fairlight. Pretty novel for the time. Still love that Prophet 5 too!
Im listening to this song as we speak and right when it cMe on i read this comment…. 😊😂😂
Fruityloops.
Peter Gabriel has a very unique style...he rocks
It was a different place in time, but still crazy fun...was already pushing 40 years old, but still had a heartbeat and my ears were very open for new songs/sounds.
Too long crazy cool 😎
This groundbreaking video won almost every MTV Award it was nominated for in 1987:
• Video of the Year
• Best Male Video
• Best Concept Video
• Most Experimental Video
• Best Overall Performance
• Best Direction
• Best Special Effects
• Best Art Direction
• Best Editing
• Video Vanguard Award
He only lost 2 for Viewer’s Choice (which went to U2’s With or Without You) and Best Special Effects for his other song called Big Time (which went to this masterpiece of a video)
And as of 2022, it remains the most played music video in MTV's history.
That must of been a lot to remeber
Peter Gabriel, loses an award to himself. Doesnt get much more Peter Gabriel than that.
lindo vídeo gente
@@robertmcghintheorca49 i thought it was "walk this way" run dmc, anyways this rocks more than walking
Tony Levin's bass playing and his tone are just genius!
+Adam Walker carries the track for real
Lovely sounding bass !
+Gav Newton ....love tony levin...but there are several effects on this track including an octave divider!
@@gavnewton77 x
Sometimes get this song stuck in my head and then have to listen to the video. Peter Gabriel is 74 as of this time. Time marches on for those of us who are from his generation. This video won awards back when today's technology wasn't even thought of. What an artistic achievement.
An amazing example MTV's Golden Age. Nothing compares to what they did with videos in the '80s. ❤️
For whatever reason, this music video used to *terrify* me when I was a little kid. This song came up in conversation recently and all my mind kept reminding me of was a haunting whistle, zombie chickens, and a guy turning into a hulking glowing star monster.
Looking at this over 30 years later and I laugh at my younger self. This music video was, as far as I can recall, ahead of its time and has a damn good song to boot. I can’t even imagine how long it took to film this.
I remember being completely memorised by this as a child still has the same effect. Amazing music and artistry
Same , same i absolutely loved this video as a kid i fell in love with music because of this
Yes! Now were old enough to know what he's talking about
Me too :)
@@Lee-sv8vm Indeed😹😹😹😝😜🤪
What’s memorised mean?
When this came out people could barely believe how fantastic is was. It has stood the test of time
Reminds of being a young kid in the 80s. Great memories that are definitely missed.
I can't even imagine how much work would've gone into making this music video.
a SHIT TON, the company that made this music video went on to make Chicken Run, and Wallace and Gromit.
The Official Sikris no way! wow wtf
@@megabotvideosKid you not Aardman Animations.
When an artist does to work it isnt work at all for them but to us it's as tedious as it can be
Amen to that my brother!!!!
My boyfriend & I went to a bar last night and they was playing all the hits from MTV back in the day 🔥 They played this and we lost our minds 😭 They killed it!
it has been forever since i heard this song on the radio, still a classic
WHOS WITH ME!! 2024 listeners!! Bring me the 80’s back! 🎸🎤🥁🎹
Here
@@JorgieHickman-zn8xu awesome! Love the 80s 🎸😊
Whewwww baby. Im 44 and 11 yr okd me misses allllll these songs
Please
With ya
Fun Fact: There's no stop-motion or special effects in this video, Peter Gabriel is just like that.
Nathan Teagan really
He's just awesome like that
Thats terrifying
Greg Davis chkda
Greg Davis on my
I firmly believe this is one of the best pop songs ever written and no one can convince me otherwise.
BTO DID A HARED VERSION OF THAT
@@mikekeeler6362I love BTO but that was a completely different song with the same title.
@@robertkemp3741 I know
@@robertkemp3741 And older to BACHMEN TURNER
@Adam Doherty...I agree. I put it up there with "I am a rock", " Goodbye yellow brick road", "Layla", and my personal favorite "Penny Lane". you can agree or disagree, but we can agree to disagree too.
Sledgehammer is such a banger! 😆
100 percent banger!
Pretty much the greatest music video of all time and it's to easily one of the greatest songs of all time. Rare that
This beat is life. Takes right back to my childhood. I wasso blessed to have grown up in the 80s
Y yo, somos afortunados.
True brother! Serbia, ex Yugoslavia .. I was 13, 14yrs old ! Pure enjoying!
ME TO.
Can we just agree that this song is just one of the greatest songs in the world? Along with one of the best music videos of all time? I can and I will. This song has my heart forever.
yes
Underrated gem of an 80’s hit. Sic beat. Some hit hooks never age.
This was one of those way-out-there cool AF videos. Ground-breaking when it came out in '86. This one has a special place in my old black heart!
LOVED this song!
LOVED this album!
It was perfectly in step with the 80’s, yet ahead of its time. And today it’s the same.
Seriously, one of the best thumbnails on all of YT.
A steam train in front of Peter
dude what are you doing here, emile called for another collab
Who cares about the thumb nail. Look at the vid
@@lifepresent3183 Who cares about a comment on the thumbnail, watch the video.
U ain't lying
Just saw him tonight in LA and he still sounds this good at 73. Amazing show ❤️❤️
How Awesome ❤🎉 Peter is a true artist!! I'd LOVE to experience his concert! I'm hoping he'll play at Jazz fest in New Orleans someday!
Best thumbnail on UA-cam, hands down.
Ever since I was 3 years old (born February 1986) I knew one thing.... That when I die, I will consider everything a failure if I don't Stand up out of my body, gain insight into space and time and the meaning of it all, and groove my way stop motion style into the cosmos to forever dance among the stars.......... Literally I saw this video as a very young child, never had so much fun, and then came up with that thought...
I am currently 38 years old, I still watch this and remember the smells of the apartment my parents lived in in the east side of Denver, my first cat, my Dad's old brown Toyota we'd listen to Tapes in (I always begged to hear Boston's self titled album, which I just called, "the alien album" and Bobby Browns "My Prerogative"), Hanging out with my best friend Kristen, Her Dad who was also my Dad's childhood best Friend Nick Cappazola (RIP), , That day when 7 tornadoes touched down in downtown Denver Colorado, That stupid daycare called "The Three Bears Learning Center" I had to go to, and my Great Grandma Herrera and Sunday breakfasts with the family at her house on Avrum St..... (Miss You Dad)
And with all I've learned, with all I know, and with a lifetime to develop deep theological and spiritual beliefs, I will always consider everything a failure if when I die, I don't stand up out of my body, Gain insight into space and time and the meaning of it all, and groove my way stop motion style into the Cosmos to forever dance among the stars......
Please just send me back to the 80's to do it all over again :(
I hate it here.....
This song has one of the most underrated basslines, like oh my god Tony Levin really knows how to rock the bass
Deeply funky I love Peter Gabriel but the star of this tune is Tony L sick bassline!
BRM42 I agree
not to mention Manu Katche. Together they're a badass rhythm section.
Funky AF!!!!!
I love the string slides he does!!
The dirtiest lyrics without actually saying anything dirty, so genius.
OptimusWrex
Just like Seinfeld.
As of writing this your comment is at 69 likes and I don't wanna be the one to ruin that so, just know that I like this comment in spirit
averythesuperhero well it’s ruined, come like it
Classiest way to say to someone you'd nail them? Just tell them you would like to be their sledgehammer...
Pedro Barros 😂😂😂are you KIDDING ME? I was out of college a few yrs when this crazy-ass song came out! I still had no clue what the hell its about! I did however get James Taylor’s SteamRoller song...graphic enough for me to understand...but not this song! 😂SMH
Never cared for Gabriel, until I saw one of his concerts. F’n amazing.
One of the best tunes of the 1980’s, hands down, flat out, full stop!
I was a little chubby in elementary school. I wanted to shed the chub and look good for middle school. This had just come out on tape!! So- I exercised and danced in my room every day in the afternoon before dinner to this album during the summer between. I knew if I did this stuff before dinner I’d eat less. This album helped me lose a bunch of weight and be healthy. I’m old now..I need to lose some baby weight. Maybe I should use it again! Lol! Thank you Peter Gabriel!!
This is a great song to work out with
..SHED MY SKIN🎶
Awesome.
Come to think of it, I've gotten chunky myself! Time to break out the sledgehammer!!! Thank you Peter Gabriel👍🏻💜 You made my teen years more fun too🎉
Go for it...Black Night!
A time where videos were regarded as ART - Love my 80s!!
Nicholas BORKE
Me Too Ms. Nicole
And you are just beautiful Niccole.
New fangled video possibilities of the mid-80s + Terry Gilliam influence = this video?
😘
If the 80s were a single person...
This album is the one I use to test out new stereos/speakers. Wonderfully mixed.
producer: how many effects do you want?
peter gabriel: yes
Too true
Cue up Gary Oldman in The Professional: EVERYONE
A good stop motion 🤣
Hahaha Best comment ever
Funny
Best music video ever made
Not to mention it was made in 80"s
ACCOUNTANTB All the imagination that went into it... "WOW!!!" doesn't even begin to do it justice!
***** There are plenty of great stuff coming from the 80's... Dire Straits, Genesis, Run DMC, Talk Talk... Granted, plenty of disco shit but actually it's one of my favourites decades in terms of music.
+Ricardo Hernández Osuna Id put Talking Heads up against any band from any era. They'd do fine. love all the people you mention,obviously.
+Mike A. Having lived in the 80's and listening to as much music as I can...Yep...Da 80's are Da best!
Happy birthday, Peter!🎉
Here from the KidCudi / Tony Hawk Goat Talk
I’m 55 , I remember when this vid came out and everyone was like WTF..very innovative for the time..it really stood out from the rest..
Can't believe we use to take genius for granted when we young.
Things change but don’t seem to get better
When we can get rid of religion and wars humans will become geniuses Imp
@@swissshepherd1186 Speaking facts here
@@mishanya9495 I’m glad you think I’m speaking facts, maybe one day the world will WAKE UP. hopefully???
The days when people needed to be talented to be famous.
Back when MTV & VH1 actually played music videos...😔😔
I first saw peter gabriel at glastonbury, the album SO had been released, i got goose bumps watching him sing this LIVE, absolutely brilliant my first time at glastonbury back in the mid 80s, Level 42, the cure, the wailers, madness, loved it ✌🏽😎
*38 Years later, this song still sounds and looks like it's from the future.*
Yep
Making me feel old here brother
Hallo John Wick gibt es jetzt endlich bald den vierten teil von dir ?
I was born in the future. This shit still hits,
Damn I remember seeing this in NIGHT TRACKS on TBS(?) On Friday nights!! I was a newlywed at 19 and a new mom!
Peter Gabriel = Musical Genius.
There has never been another like him.
One of the best beginnings to a rock song. Instantly hooked.
Dude, you really feel hooked by the spermcells shown at the beginning? Oh, um... I tolerate dudes loving dudes!
Peter Gabriel, you are a top tier legend. One of the greatest to ever do it. Not only musically, but in terms of your humanitarian efforts.
What a grand and intoxicating song !!!
I Like how micky D’s prank actually led us to a great thing
nerevar was here
I propably know a reference song but don't uderstand the joke
@@lucastheemperor4443 a large number of fans of UA-camr Micky D were sent to this video on april first claiming to be a morrowind play through. It's a morrowind reference and very true !!
kind of grows on you doesn't it I just think of the lymphatic system two fluids blood lymphatic system 😉 Alzheimer's acidosis neurological system.... lymphatic in fact ☺️ Hope this find the eye that needs to hear with both ears ... Don't get caught in a mazzzzz 🥰 ✌️ sides to chemistry lower the PH 🔥 er U Go !
One of the best grooves of all time. As good as Peter Gabriel is, Tony Levin deserves his mention for the bass track. Unreal and they have so much fun playing this live
According to Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer" is what he calls his penis and this is an ode to his penis/sex life.
Levin is a legendary bass player. I'm a big Dream Theater fan and I love his work with Liquid Tension Experiment. He's an integral part of PG's sound as you say, as are David Rhodes, Manu Katche and others (including Phil Collins, for a limited time).
@@robicenco1 His works on King Crimson are phenomenal.
Very much so!
@@yunarukami14 I saw the Double Trio down in Kissimmee Florida in 1995. He and Bill Bruford were amazing.
The dancing chickens at 3:22 Have always been my favorite part. I don't really know why, other than it just makes me laugh to see two rotisserie chickens dancing 😂
That part was hilarious 😂
Is super funny!
Fun fact:
Those were REAL chickens, not rubber models or any of that.
They used many of them as they were perishable goods.
I hope they didn't waste many tho
Fun Fact: Nick Park animated that along with the Bumper Cars.
Honestly, this might be the greatest song and music video ever. Seriously
Man, this this must've taken forever
Man, this this must've taken forever
Game grumps fan i see
@@thefatkidfromup1142 nah, I like matt and Ryan from supermega
You mean TrashGrumps?
FearlessFlaw no u
This won NINE MTV music video awards. And it deserved them all.
"Take on Me" by A-Ha won just 6.
Take on me had more class
@@andrewcastleberry4921 Nah
Both amazing songs so comparisons about how many or what awards each won is pointless imo
ajshell2 mtv music awards are worthless piles of crap.
@@KM-wz1oh MTV awards mattered back then - Both Sledgehammer and Take on Me are amazing videos from an era where music videos were still a big deal and taken seriously by the companies, the artists and the public alike
I saw a band cover this song in a bar, it was guys i went to high school with and this was probably 2004 so 6 or 7 years after i graduated. They had horns and all that i was blown away
35 years old, still one of the very best produced songs of all time. Shame on you, music industry!
I'm 60 y.o. Could not agree more with you. MTV lost its soul when it went politically correct and ushered out the VJs and creative MUSIC videos back in the 1990's.
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@@jalan8171 But this is 80's though.
Still is
Daniel Lanois. Check out the interview he made with Rick Beato.
30 years ago,TODAY, #1!!
Thanks for reminding me just how old I am....>.
12 years old?
Tanya Murphy I was 18 back then!! So you can guess how old I am!!
Anthony Ogans 78?
Facey Brian No! Not your mama age!! 48
My best friends father Wayne Jackson played the horns on this song and many other hits! He is now passed away and everytime I hear this song it reminds me of him and the Jam sessions at his house in Tennessee!
If you are here it’s because you actually have good taste in music. A rare thing these days.
So proud to have been a teenager in the 80's, no other generation will ever get to experience it. That's so sad.
Me too!!
me too
Indeed. Different times.
being a teenager during the 2010s was a trip. I'm sure the 80s was on a whole different level!
Being a teenager in the late 1960's, I have got the entire trip thru music history! Never to be another time like this.
That’s how I remember MTV was. Awesome music, awesome videos . RIP MTV, wherever you are...
It's with the Jews now. Let it go. They're not giving it up. Just like your democracy. Or your financial system. Or your economy. Don't give me that antisemitism shit. Don't worry. Sri will take back social media. Right, Trump?
Martha
UTube killed the Video Star.....and monetized it too.
Hey Larry, would that be the SAME democracy that allows you to post your view,however inconsequential, here on a platform that typifies it good and bad points, you do not say?
MTV died and became the internet/UA-cam which is inarguably superior.
Ahh 5 years old, sure do miss that time.
This video brings back so much joy from my childhood. Super cool to include all the amazing people that helped make the video possible in the UA-cam version. Respect.
Sounds great
Absolutely! I can close my eyes and go back to jr high. I have the vinyl album. Good stuff.
Omg! I think of my childhood also! My parents were cool hippie like. They definitely know good music
Can't believe he is now 70..... Keep on rocking, Mr Gabriel!
if it was not for Smooth Criminal, this would have been the BEST music video I have ever seen.
Running the hammer in 2024! I listen to this in my gold mine when I'm working!💪🏆
Kinda glad harry have gathered you guys here so you can see this masterpiece
Was watching this in the 80s
Ola •
Me being here has nothing to do with Harry. I lived it.
Why are y'all arguing, I'm also a harry Styles fan and I am 18, obviously I don't know Peter Gabriel but i know harry Styles he is a pop star of our generation and through harry I got introduces to this masterpiece, a gem, harry is also a fan and mentioned it's the best mixed song he has ever heard, and he also did justice to this song in his cover but an original is an original, u don't have to bash harry for it, I guess a lot of people got introduced to this song through him and it's good
THANK YOU!!!! Idk why everyone is being so rude to people who found a new song they like (especially because it was made before we were alive) just because we found it through another artist singing a cover of it??????
One of the greatest music videos of all time
I listen to Sledgehammer just about every day
Peter Gabriel
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The 80's would not exist without this song.
It wouldn’t exist without Intruder
Why would you insult such a great song
CLARA ELIA I was moreso getting at the fact that 80’s music is more or less an artistic dumping ground, and if anything this song is a very high watermark.
you all forget Kate Bush, but we forgive you.
I am 36 years old, and this was absolutely the coolest music video to me as a kid.
And it still is
Agree Shannon. Still is. Peter Gabriel rocks.
I'm 24 and this video is somehow very nostalgic for me. I used to watch it a lot at my uncle's and I still think it's one of the coolest videos
My Mom was one to put MTV on, open up the windows, and do her housework on the weekends. This was the video I would be hoping was next after each one. Lol- it was so exciting when I would hear that very first little opening music!
this and Take on Me (A-ha) .....wash your hands!
Who else got called here by a UA-cam short or something similar? I hope im not the only one. Gen X ASSEMBLE!!