This is the best version of this song by miles. Adjusted to give respect to Peter being older and his voice being what it is now. If this was recorded like this now, it might top the charts again!
No way, man. The Secret World version blows this away. PG is about a hundred times more animated, so much so that he’s practically hyperactive! All while managing to sound great. Paula Cole is on another level completely. The whole song is just so much more energetic and joyous. And as it’s an energetic and joyous song, that can only be a good thing. I saw the Growing Up concert live and it was great. But it wasn’t a patch on Secret World. That was peak PG.
@@VGILee Agree!!! Secret World is in a universe unlike any other Gabriel performance. He, the band and Paula are at the top of their form in that tour. It NEVER gets old listening to/watching that concert!!!
This bass line is Epic. Peter is just workin' this audience. He has a great stage presence...and he has matured very well. The voice is still strong and effortless...plus...appears he is having real FUN! And the COAT is Iconic!! Why that little flute flourish in the song gets me everytime, it is just magical! Keep rockin' Peter!!!
I remember this when the MTV video came out, remember MTV when thats what it was? Music Television, then they had to mess it up to what it became, oh well..anyway.. I remember when I was able to play it really loud with 150w with 12" louds...amazing! Since then I have always liked this song and the orig. claymation video. I just found this vid showing that..we all get older, but Peter still has it. Great artists like this just arent around as much these days. I cherish the good old rock n roll, Rock n Roll forever!
"This Day in Music" - 26 July 1986, Peter Gabriel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sledgehammer', a No.4 hit in the UK. The song's music video has won a number of awards, including a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, and Best British Video at the 1987 Brit Awards. Gabriel was also nominated for three Grammy Awards. As of 2011, 'Sledgehammer' is the most played music video in the history of MTV.
"Sledgehammer" replaced "Invisible Touch" as number 1 on the US charts. Who would have thought in the 70's that a band as progressive as Genesis would have 2 singers with tremendous commercial success.
Dear editor: can we *_please_* have more than 0.8 seconds of one camera angle?!? Dude, the music and performance is *great!* I don't know why you think it needs to be amped up by completely pointless hectic toggling of camera angles. Kindly give us the chance to _follow_ what is happening and to *enjoy* the music, please.
I like Peter Gabriel, but not really a close follower. I just discovered that Peter's daughter Melanie is one of the backup singers here. What a beautiful young woman with a voice to match! God Bless.
Although he undestandibly doesn't do his high pitched screams and doesn't hold his notes as long as he did back when it came out, he surprised me with still having that good a voice. This song is and always will be a banger! Thanks Peter!
I was probably 3 years old when my sister and father were listening to this song whileI was dancing to the funky bassline. Today I m 33, and making my nephews dance to this song. This song should be preserved for future generations
I'm assuming that is Hackett singing the last part, solo? ('The porcelain mannequin..') I just had to say WOW!! First time hearing this version. Thank you, thank you, uploader. (Seriously, it's an underappreciated act and means everything. You can't go out and buy this stuff, you know.) What a treat! Made a hard day all the better.
@Peter Gabriel Tell you what fella - I'll come hang out with you if you promise I can come sing with you. Now then there's an offer you'll not see again...can't say fairer than that 😊
@Peter Gabriel Is that when you'll reveal all about being a Nigerian Prince and need just a small processing fee in order to send me the five hundred nine million thousand pounds? Excited now like this yeeeeee!! 😀
Me and my football team received an impromptu live performance of this song when we were touring the old Wembley Stadium, in what must have been about 1989. While we walked alongside the pitch from one end, workmen were busy installing a stage - you could hear hammers and drills, etc. while our guide was telling us about the pitch’s draining system and so on. Then, that distinctive intro to ‘Sledgehammer’ blared out and we were treated to an impromptu live performance by Peter Gabriel and his band rehearsing this song. They got about a third of the way through it, stopped, then performed the whole song from scratch. Loved it ever since. I also like Morgan James’s take on it; sounds very different from a female perspective.
That bass line added 15 years to my life...
that's the greatest fucking comment I've ever read...
you may have actually added a few years to mine 😎
Tony Levin will have that effect on ya.
that bass line is in-freakin-sane
😆
*BASS !!* 🎸
That bass line, changed everything. It kicks ass in 2025
I didn't kick the habit. I'm still listening to this song.
Shed my skin tho
It sounds gae
It ain't the new stuff anymore but we still go dancing in.
Me, too. :)
Es para la eternidad amigo!🎉
Who is still listening with me in 2024?❤
Dec 24✌️
Why is this stupid trend a thing?
2025 💃😁
I still am, at 56 (soon to be 57) years old!
Moi janvier 2025
Tony Levin...what a master of the bass.
I would love to get him alone so he can explain that whole playing the base with sticks. Sounds brilliant, looks insane
I saw Tony Levin playing with King Crimson in 1984 on the "Three of a Perfect Pair" tour. "Sleepless" off that album is Tony at his best, IMO.
Coat is SICK 🔥
Amazing bass!!!!! Oush!!!!!!!
Yes, he is 🎼🎸
Peter, soul of Genesis...magic!
Love that he and Phil still have a great relationship shame they never worked together much after Genesis
My son is learning to play this song on the drums, he's only 3 yo. That's my legacy to this world.
THAT is cool!
Thank you!
Good start playing drums! 👍
Oh yeah...
National Inventographic
Tony Levin's base playing is always brilliant but he smashes it on this performance
translate!toni is great!!!
You're telling me that guy is killing the bass and dancing? God.
Genius ❤
He'd be about 70 here...just to rub it in 🤣🤣
Tony Levin is not of this world I am convinced
It’s a bad ass bass line for sure!
It may not be "the new stuff" anymore, but it still resonates today in 2024!
This is the best version of this song by miles. Adjusted to give respect to Peter being older and his voice being what it is now. If this was recorded like this now, it might top the charts again!
I totally agree, but I honestly would like to see more of his backup singers, they are rocking like on another level!
No way, man. The Secret World version blows this away. PG is about a hundred times more animated, so much so that he’s practically hyperactive! All while managing to sound great. Paula Cole is on another level completely. The whole song is just so much more energetic and joyous. And as it’s an energetic and joyous song, that can only be a good thing.
I saw the Growing Up concert live and it was great. But it wasn’t a patch on Secret World. That was peak PG.
@@VGILee Agree!!! Secret World is in a universe unlike any other Gabriel performance. He, the band and Paula are at the top of their form in that tour. It NEVER gets old listening to/watching that concert!!!
We don't like Mights.
I think he definitely should
First released in 1986,& still a great song!
🎶🎤
Tony Levin's bass lines are so good they should be prescribed as medicine!
This guy put on a red dress and a fox head in the 70s and he’s been blowing minds ever since
One of the best sounding songs ever created
One of the best lyrics too.
I always thought it was some studio gizmos that were making him sound like that. But no, he’s actually that good.
This man has a sensational live singing voice.
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Still, Still and Still listening ❤❤❤
This bass line is Epic. Peter is just workin' this audience. He has a great stage presence...and he has matured very well. The voice is still strong and effortless...plus...appears he is having real FUN! And the COAT is Iconic!! Why that little flute flourish in the song gets me everytime, it is just magical! Keep rockin' Peter!!!
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Tony Levin is an absolute beast in any band that he plays in. What a damn legend.
This song isn’t just musically a masterpiece - it is just pure fun; that’s why it’s still so beloved by millions!
We all change shape, but by God Man, you still sound slick as ever.
As a bass player myself i can say that Tony's basslines are to die for. I can play them at about 90% accuracy.
He utilizes him to the max. Tony's sound is like an exclamation point to his words. Beautiful.
@@mistatt2 They are great as is he, one of my bass idols! Made it my duty to play his style.
Octave pedal !
hello from Brasil
I remember this when the MTV video came out, remember MTV when thats what it was? Music Television, then they had to mess it up to what it became, oh well..anyway..
I remember when I was able to play it really loud with 150w with 12" louds...amazing!
Since then I have always liked this song and the orig. claymation video.
I just found this vid showing that..we all get older, but Peter still has it.
Great artists like this just arent around as much these days.
I cherish the good old rock n roll, Rock n Roll forever!
Great artists are always ahead of Time xxxxx ❤❤❤❤
2024 and still fresh ❤❤
THOSE TRUMPETS, SAX, and TROMBONES @ 0:05 babyyy!!!
Peter, LOVE YOU Throughout the last 30 Years - EVEN TODAY YOU HAVE LIFTED MY SPIRIT Than You!
Wow - This bass-line sounds fantastic..... !!!
Tony Levin....
A Masterpiece for all time - "Rockius Rollious"
Growing up in the 80s was an amazing experience. We had the best music and musicians. Cheers from America.
Peter Gabriel is the only man who can make stadium shows feel intimate.
Tell me you never saw Jerry Garcia live without telling me you never saw Jerry Garcia live.
Not Michael Jackson? 😸
If this video gets 1,000,000 views it was probably just me watching it on loop. This song and performance is so good.
😂😂😂🤘
2,5mio at the moment... Go back to life... Oh wait, this is life
And me
Very few artists do I find are better live than in studio. Peter Gabriel is one of those artists. So natural and refined
God the vocal harmonies at the 3rd verse (1:53] really elevate this version.
the tempo as well, it’s really a stomp!
We were blessed to get to grow up with this music.
“Delicate Sound of Gabriel”
What makes you think of that? I'm curious.
@@flops0317 Pink Floyd reference
@@jcpozoc I know but I was wondering what made you think of DSOT. Is it the 80s production?
@@flops0317 just Peter´s outfit... reminds me of that suit of light bulbs of the DSOT album cover
@@jcpozoc Ooh yeah you're right! :D
Loving the Premier Drums, great show young man.
the quality of the voice and sound performance is unreal
The guy that has to constantly throw the switch back and forth between Peters headset mic and handheld one has the toughest job ever.
Like a bottle of good old wine.
Tony Levin is the "Master Bass Player"!!! Hands down!!!
It still amazes me how Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins have so similar-sounding voices.
And similar haircut
Nope! Gabriel is 10x better. Collins is a great drummer but always been just a substitution after Gabriel left.
@@lucy-me-lucy Sure, but we are talking about haircuts
@@banyalen 'have so similar-sounding voices'...
@@lucy-me-lucy Boths things are facts, similar sounding voices and similar haircuts
Who is here 2025 ? 🎼🎤♥️
Nitty and gritty.... wow! The song turned into a beast! Awesome!
who would have thought Peter Gabriel was such a wee sexy lad!! loving this video!!
Classic song that has stood the test of time, still sounds so good nearly 40 years later. Thank you for your music, Mr Gabriel.
After all these years, PG's still got it
Sledgehammer! Greetings from Argentina!
Greetings from Italy!!!
😂😂😂
@@philippschleif Sorete!
@@philippschleif What are you laughing at?
@@alejandroacosta9641 about nothing i just was happy thats all my good frend
Gabriel is hands down, music's embodiment of the melding of cutting edge musical genius and visual craftsmanship. NUFF SAID 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
"This Day in Music" - 26 July 1986, Peter Gabriel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sledgehammer', a No.4 hit in the UK. The song's music video has won a number of awards, including a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, and Best British Video at the 1987 Brit Awards. Gabriel was also nominated for three Grammy Awards. As of 2011, 'Sledgehammer' is the most played music video in the history of MTV.
"Sledgehammer" replaced "Invisible Touch" as number 1 on the US charts. Who would have thought in the 70's that a band as progressive as Genesis would have 2 singers with tremendous commercial success.
This is the celebration of music.
This jacket should be in the Smithsonian along with David Byrne's Big Suit.
Truly a Great Suit
His talent is Infinite
Amazing Showman
kämm n ghett iD v v
Only one problem: Peter Gabriel is not American. So the British Museum would be more appropriate.
Along with the song!
Caga para roupas curta a música essa roupa ja nem deve existir a música ainda ta vibrar
Its been over 30 years. But I didn't forget!! Love ya 😂🎉
LOVE how Peter has headset mic, but sings into hand held mic too
We are old,music,never gets old❤
GABRIEL IS ON A LEVEL LIKE NO OTHER...BRILLIANT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT !
BIG TALENT'S PETER GENESIS BAND FIRST VOICE 70S. THE BEST .FROM MÉXICO CHEERS MY FRIEND. 👋🎸🎹❤️😎🔥
This whole video is a massive guilty pleasure for me....The jacket, the dancing, the crazy camera, it makes me SO happy!
I was born in 1970...Thanks Mom & Dad, Perfect timing............I was a Teen in the 80's. this song for ever in my life!
Me too!
Me three!
Four...
well, that makes five
Such a great song during the 80’s!! The video was phenomenal
Питер ты гений
Beautifull vocalist woman We salute you from Monterrey México
Sensational stuff!! Everything about it. One of the greatest live performers of all time.
I was there, first raw. It wascuaooo
Peter is....great
Man is a freakin legend, just suddenly was 16 again ❤❤ rocking in the car while listening to this
Dear editor: can we *_please_* have more than 0.8 seconds of one camera angle?!? Dude, the music and performance is *great!* I don't know why you think it needs to be amped up by completely pointless hectic toggling of camera angles. Kindly give us the chance to _follow_ what is happening and to *enjoy* the music, please.
Dammmmmnnnnnnn, that bass is killing it, what a job!!!!!!
Wow - This bass-line sounds fantastic..... !!!
“Delicate Sound of Gabriel”
So good. Tony levin is a god
POCO SE HABLA DEL INGENIERO DE SONIDO Y DEL QUE HA EDITADO ESTO....❤❤❤...DEL BAJO...NADA MÁS QUE AÑADIR.. SIMPLEMENTE ES DE OTRO MUNDO 😮😮😮😢😊
Tony levin power full
He still has an awesome voice and awesome stage presence....❤😊
That bassline is just mind blowing
This is timeless! Love every bit of it, Peter is such a legend!!!
I like Peter Gabriel, but not really a close follower. I just discovered that Peter's daughter Melanie is one of the backup singers here. What a beautiful young woman with a voice to match! God Bless.
ONE OF THE BEST INTRO EVER.
Only Duke Ellington with his Jeep's Blues have a comparable emotional impact to this.
Peter awsome still 50 years on
One of the top 5 concerts in my lifetime I went 2...
Potente e eniquivocabile PETER GABRIEL AND BAND... Complimenti...
What a voice! There is no comparison.
They sure don't make them like this any more
To pull this off live is absolutely incredible.
best of best !
Where can I get a jacket like that?
Moritz waldemeyer
Special moment Good vídeo
What a voice
I saw them in Clearwater Florida, amazing.. and my wife was blown..was not expecting that show to be so pink Floyd...
Although he undestandibly doesn't do his high pitched screams and doesn't hold his notes as long as he did back when it came out, he surprised me with still having that good a voice. This song is and always will be a banger! Thanks Peter!
I was probably 3 years old when my sister and father were listening to this song whileI was dancing to the funky bassline. Today I m 33, and making my nephews dance to this song. This song should be preserved for future generations
The most powerful part of the song starts at 3:02, amazing mix of sounds!!!
I'm assuming that is Hackett singing the last part, solo? ('The porcelain mannequin..') I just had to say WOW!! First time hearing this version. Thank you, thank you, uploader. (Seriously, it's an underappreciated act and means everything. You can't go out and buy this stuff, you know.) What a treat! Made a hard day all the better.
The bass is sooooo good ❤️❤️🎸
They jus don't write them like this anymore. Truly iconic.
1:27 Oh sweet baby Jesus and all the angels in Heaven...
@Peter Gabriel Tell you what fella - I'll come hang out with you if you promise I can come sing with you. Now then there's an offer you'll not see again...can't say fairer than that 😊
@Peter Gabriel Is that when you'll reveal all about being a Nigerian Prince and need just a small processing fee in order to send me the five hundred nine million thousand pounds? Excited now like this yeeeeee!! 😀
70s and 80s the best music, I lived throughout both eras
Still sounds amazing!
Excellente version Live avec un Tony Levin au top à la basse , que du bonheur....
Me and my football team received an impromptu live performance of this song when we were touring the old Wembley Stadium, in what must have been about 1989. While we walked alongside the pitch from one end, workmen were busy installing a stage - you could hear hammers and drills, etc. while our guide was telling us about the pitch’s draining system and so on. Then, that distinctive intro to ‘Sledgehammer’ blared out and we were treated to an impromptu live performance by Peter Gabriel and his band rehearsing this song. They got about a third of the way through it, stopped, then performed the whole song from scratch. Loved it ever since. I also like Morgan James’s take on it; sounds very different from a female perspective.
You lucky lucky lucky lucky bastard. Great memory.