"Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel

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"Sledgehammer" is a 1986 Peter Gabriel song renowned for its innovative, stop-motion–driven music video that became one of the most celebrated and influential in MTV history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music video ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album So ⓘ
animationStudio Aardman Animations ⓘ
artist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
awardReceived MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year ⓘ
bSide Don’t Break This Rhythm ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard Hot 100 number-one single ⓘ
UK Singles Chart number-one single ⓘ
composer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Stephen R. Johnson ⓘ
followedBy Don’t Give Up ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre blue-eyed soul ⓘ
funk rock ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
flute ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Sledgehammer (music video) ⓘ
includedIn Peter Gabriel greatest hits compilations ⓘ
inspiredBy soul and R&B of the 1960s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 5:12 ⓘ
lyricist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
notableFor heavy rotation on MTV in the 1980s ⓘ
innovative stop-motion–driven music video ⓘ
innovative stop-motion–driven visuals ⓘ
originalNetwork MTV ⓘ
partOf So ⓘ
peakChartPosition 1 on Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
1 on UK Singles Chart ⓘ
performer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
precededBy Games Without Frontiers ⓘ
producer Daniel Lanois ⓘ
Peter Gabriel ⓘ
productionCompany Aardman Animations ⓘ
Peter Gabriel Ltd. ⓘ
recordingDate 1985 ⓘ
recordLabel Charisma Records ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1986 ⓘ
1986-04-21 ⓘ
technique clay animation ⓘ
pixilation ⓘ
stop-motion animation ⓘ
writer Peter Gabriel ⓘ

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Grammy Award for Best Music Video → notableWinnerExample → "Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction → hasNotableWinningVideo → "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel ⓘ
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