Sledgehammer" is a song recorded by American girl group Fifth Harmony for their first studio album, Reflection (2015) and second single. The song was released on October 28, 2014 by Epic Records and Syco Music.
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The song has a heavy synthpop production backed by an electronic dance music (EDM) beat, taking influence from new wave and 1980s music vibe. Lyrically, the song expresses the physical sensations of being infatuated, comparing it to a sledgehammer motif: "If you take my pulse right now, it would feel just like a sledgehammer.
"Jessica Hyndman of MTV suggested that the song is about a kind of love that just "can't be contained". According to music sheet published at Musicnotes.com by BMG Rights Management, "Sledgehammer" is written in the key of G major and is set in a 4 4 common time at 100 bpm with an upbeat pop melody. The quintet's vocals span from G3 to F5 and follow a chord progression of C–G–D–C–Em–D.
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- Dinah has no line in this song as well in Boss, while Lauren has no line in Worth It. Therefore, Lauren has miss out on one song. Dinah miss out on two song.
- The dance, that Dinah and Lauren do on stage. Wasn’t really meant to a part of the routine, they do on stage. Dinah just did thing for no reason and Lauren follow pursuit, as she thought it was a part of the choreography. According to Dinah as she and Lauren, decided do that. A part of their signature move, during live performance. (But they don’t the dance in every performance, every time Sledgehammer play.)
- Meghan Trainor who wrote the song, has being leak a demo version of the song, It released on the June 9, 2024.