Music video helped rocket Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' to No. 1
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Today's Morning Edition is from the song "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel.
It was No. 1 in the U.S. 30 years ago.
The song was propelled up the charts in part because of its influential video, which featured claymation and stop-motion video. It won nine MTV Video Music Awards, and is the most played music video in the history of the channel. "Sledgehammer" is Gabriel's only No. 1 hit in the U.S.
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