Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Sledgehammer is a song by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released in April 1986 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, So (1986). It was produced by Gabriel and Daniel Lanois. It reached No. 1 in Canada on 21 July 1986, and remained there for 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 its music video. It was his biggest hit in North America and ties with "Games Without Frontiers" as his biggest hit in the United Kingdom.

Lyrics:
[Intro]
Hey, hey, you
Tell me how have you been?

[Verse 1]
You could have a steam train
If you just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back
All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

[Verse 2]
You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends

[Chorus]
I wanna be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name?
Wow! Oh, let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony
Yeah (Yeah)

[Verse 3]
Show me 'round your fruit cage
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruit cage
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

[Chorus]
I wanna be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name?
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm going to be the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
Wow! I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it

[Post-Chorus]
Sledge, sledge
Sledgehammer

[Outro]
I get it right
I kicked the habit (Kicked the habit, kicked the habit)
Shed my skin (Shed my skin)
This is the new stuff (This is the new stuff)
I go dancing in (We can go dancing in)
Oh, won't you show for me? (Show for me)
I will show for you (Show for you)
Hey, show for me, huh (Show for me)
I will show for you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, I do mean you
(Show for me)
Only you, you been coming through
(Show for you)
I'm gonna build that power
Build, build up that power, hah
(Show for me)
Hah, I've been feeding the rhythm, huh
I've been feeding the rhythm
(Show for you)
Gonna feel that power, hey, build in you
(Show for me)
Hah, come on, come on, help me do
Come on, come on, help me do
(Show for you)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
(Show for me)
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
(Show for you)
It's what we're doing, doing
All day and night
(Show for me)
Come on, come on, help me do
Come on, come on, help me do
(Show for you)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
(Show for me)
I've been feeding the rhythm…