Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer |
Song Information | |
Song Artist(s): | Peter Gabriel |
Song Title: | Sledgehammer |
Year: | 1984 |
Album Information | |
Album: | So |
Track: | 2 |
Track Classification | |
Genre: | Rock 1980s |
MusicBrainz Genre: | Rock |
Audio |
20 sec. sample |
Lyrics | |
Original Source: | LyricWiki |
Hey, hey you do? Hey you wanna do a job? You could have a steam train If you'd 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 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 I wanna be your sledgehammer Why don't you call my name (ha) Oh, let me be your sledgehammer This will be my testimony, yeah (yeah) Show me 'round your fruitcage 'Cause I will be your honey bee Open up your fruitcage Where the fruit is as sweet as can be I wanna be your sledgehammer Why don't you call my name (ya) You'd better call the sledgehammer Put your mind at rest I'm gonna be the sledgehammer This can be my testimony (ya) I'm your sledgehammer Let there be no doubt about it Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer I get in lane I've 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 go dancing in) Oh, won't you show for me (show for me) I will show for you (show for you) Me, show for me (show for me) I will show for you yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I do mean you (show for me) Only you You've been comin' through (show for you) I'm gonna build that power Build, build up that power (show for me) I've been feedin' the rhythm I've been feedin' the rhythm (show for you) Gonna feel that power build in you (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 feedin' the rhythm I've been feedin' the rhythm (show for you) It's what we're doin', doin' 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 |
Track Information | |
Published Time: | 5:16 |
Measured Time: | 5:09 |
Traktor Peak dB: | -0.143 |
Traktor Perceived dB: | 2.259 |
Mix Information | |
Mixmeister BPM: | 96.4 |
Traktor BPM: | 96.6 (100.0%) |
Mixmeister Key: | D#m |
External Cross-Referencing | |
MusicBrainz PUID: | f4d80a32-2dbb-93bf-c4dc-054b6ace71d2 |
MusicBrainz MusicDNS | |
Song Artist: | Peter Gabriel |
Song Title: | Sledgehammer |
First Release Year: | 1986 |
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