Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer

Music Video
1986
6m

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Peter Gabriel's video for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, a collaboration with Aardman Animations which set new standards for the industry and became one of the most awarded vi... Read allPeter Gabriel's video for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, a collaboration with Aardman Animations which set new standards for the industry and became one of the most awarded videos in history.Peter Gabriel's video for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, a collaboration with Aardman Animations which set new standards for the industry and became one of the most awarded videos in history.

Director
- Stephen R. Johnson
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8.2/10

1.2K

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Director
- Stephen R. Johnson
Stars

5User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 10 wins & 3 nominations

Trivia
Stop-motion effects were created by the then little known Aardman Animations. They later achieved huge success with the Wallace and Gromit franchise and Shaun the Sheep (2007). No CGI was used.

Quotes
Peter Gabriel: [singing the first opening line] you could have steam train, if you just lay down your tracks. you could have aeroplane, flying. if you bring your blue sky back. all you do is call me, I'll be anything you need.

Crazy credits
There are no credits except for the opening title.

Connections
Edited into Cv (1987)

Soundtracks
Sledgehammer
Written by Peter Gabriel
Performed by Peter Gabriel

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8/10

Perfectly weird

A perfectly weird music video. The song doesn't make any sense at all but its a total vibe, so why shouldn't the music video be the same? Peter Gabriel at his finest.