{"product_id":"peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-rsd-2026","title":"Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer [RSD 2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003eSledgehammer was the first single to be taken from Peter Gabriel's fifth solo studio album So, and was originally released on 21 April, 1986. A top five single in the UK and a Hot 100 #1 single in the USA, Sledgehammer — with its multi-award winning video, directed by Stephen R Johnson — heralded Gabriel's shift into the mainstream consciousness and provided a first indication of So's irresistible marriage of the artistic and the commercial. \"I'd been revisiting my childhood obsession with 1960s soul music and was even considering doing a full album of covers, but instead I wrote Sledgehammer as more of a tribute to singers like Otis Redding. This was the end of the idea of me being a sort of cult artist at the fringes of the mainstream.\" Exclusive for Record Store Day 2026, Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer single is being re-issued to celebrate its 40th anniversary as a zoetrope picture disc, using images taken from the ground-breaking video.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSledgehammer (Extended Mix)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Break This Rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Have the Touch (85 Remix)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Peter Gabriel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51126117105962,"sku":"110632289","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2083\/5370\/files\/3e38b1efb5e6505b06028283b0e38fa5.png?v=1774304265","url":"https:\/\/skeletunesrecords.com\/products\/peter-gabriel-sledgehammer-rsd-2026","provider":"Skeletunes Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}