Sledgehammer

Directed by Stephen R. Johnson.

Aardman Animations and the Brothers Quay provided claymation, pixilation, and stop motion animation that gave life to images in the song. The video ends with a large group of extras jerkily rotating around Gabriel, among them: Gabriel's daughters Anna and Melanie, the animators themselves, and director Stephen Johnson's girlfriend. Also included were six women who posed as the back-up singers of the song. Gabriel lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while filming the video one frame at a time.

In 1987, it won nine MTV Video Music Awards, a record which still stands as of 2008. It ranked at number four on MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (1999). MTV later announced that "Sledgehammer" is the most played music video in the history of the station. "Sledgehammer" has also been declared to be MTV's number one animated video of all time.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Peter
• Gabriel

[boosafc]

lmk

[datsome80]

If Avatar used these effects, it would of got more awards

[tosspot86]

god the stop motion effects are awesome you dont see videos as cool as this anymore

[walshygel2]

@Halpin994 it was made in the 80's XD

[Truedantalion]

@Halpin994

"So 90's"? Hardly. Peter Gabriel's album "So", from which "Sledgehammer" is taken, was published in 1986. The video was made that very same year.

[Halpin994]

so 90's haha

[MarivelHenman]

I like your video.

[Asley1323]

awesome lol

[popcornfreak129]

nero approves

[eva12591]

Extremely good quality video...thanks for uploading!