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| Length = | Label = | Writer = Peter Gabriel | Producer = | Last single = "Walk Through the Fire" (1984) | This single = "Sledgehammer" (1986) | Next single = "Don't Give Up" (1986) | Misc = }} "Sledgehammer" is a song written, composed and performed by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, which appeared on his 1986 album ''So'', produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois. It hit 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 a popular and influential 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 Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= MTV. Viacom )〕 and Best British Video at the 1987 Brit Awards.〔 Gabriel was also nominated for three Grammy Awards: Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and Record of the Year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1987/grammys.htm )〕 As of 2011, "Sledgehammer" is the most played music video in the history of MTV.〔. ''Time''. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.〕 ==History== The song was influenced by 1960s soul music, in particular the music made by the Memphis label Stax. The distinctive horn track was provided by a horn section led by Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns, the Stax Records label's house musicians. The song also features a synthesised shakuhachi flute generated with an E-mu Emulator II sampler.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.synthmania.com/Famous%20Sounds.htm )〕 "Sledgehammer" is Gabriel's only No. 1 hit in the US. Coincidentally, it replaced "Invisible Touch" by his former band Genesis, which had been the group's only US number-one hit the previous week as well. "Sledgehammer" also achieved chart success on other ''Billboard'' charts in 1986, spanning the range between Album Rock Tracks (two weeks at the summit in May and June) and Hot Dance Club Play (one week atop this chart in July). The single release also included a previously unreleased track called "Don't Break This Rhythm" and an "'85 Remix" of his 1982 single "I Have the Touch". US versions of the single contained an extended dance remix of "Sledgehammer". It was among the first singles released on compact disc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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