ROAD TO JOY

1. Road to Joy (5:21)

Total Time 5:21

- Peter Gabriel / lead & backing vocals, piano, synths, manipulated charango, rhythm programming
- Brian Eno / manipulated guitar, ukulele, additional synths, rhythm programming
- David Rhodes / guitar, backing vocals
- Hans-Martin Buff / rhythm programming, additional synths & percussion
- Ron Aslan / additional synths
- Josh Shpak / trumpet
- Tony Levin / bass
- Don E / bass keys
- Manu Katché / drums

With Soweto Gospel Choir:
- Linda Sambo, Nobuhle Dhlamini, Phello Jiyane, Victoria Sithole / soprano
- Maserame Ndindwa, Phumla Nkhumeleni, Zanele Ngwenya, Duduzile Ngomane / alto
- George Kaudi, Vusimuzi Shabalala, Xolani Ntombela, Victor Makhathini / tenor
- Thabang Mkhwanazi, Goodwill Modawu, Warren Mahlangu, Fanizile Nzuza / bass
- Bongani (Honey) Ncube / musical director, vocals arranger
- Jacques Du Plessis / choir engineer

And:
- John Metcalfe / orchestral arrangement
- Everton Nelson, Ian Humphries, Louisa Fuller, Charles Mutter, Cathy Thompson, Natalia Bonner, Richard George, Marianne Haynes, Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, Debbie Widdup, Odile Ollagnon / violins
- Bruce White, Fiona Bonds, Peter Lale, Rachel Roberts / violas
- Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, Caroline Dale, William Schofield, Tony Woollard, Chris Allan / cellos
- Chris Laurence, Stacy Watton, Lucy Shaw / double bass
- John Metcalfe / orchestra conductor
- Everton Nelson / orchestra leader
- Dave Foster / sheet music supervisor
- Lucy Whalley and Susie Gillis for Isobel Griffiths Ltd / orchestra contractor

"Road to Joy" is the sixth track to be released from the album "i/o".

Words and Music: Peter Gabriel
Engineering by Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw
Assistant engineering by Faye Dolle
Orchestral engineering Lewis Jones
Orchestral assistant engineering by Tom Coath, Luie Stylianou
Pre-production enginneering by Richard Chappell
Produced by Peter Gabriel with Brian Eno
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis
Recorded at Real World Studios, Bath, The Beehive, London , British Grove, London and High Seas Studios, South Africa
Cover: Middle Finger in Pink by Ai Weiwei

There are three versions of this digital single:
- The "Bright-Side mix" by Mark 'Spike' Stent, released on June 4, 2023
- The "Dark-Side mix" by Tchad Blake, released on June 18, 2023
- The "In-Side mix" by Hans-Martin Buff, released on June 18, 2023