Song · Peter Gabriel
“Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix)” by Peter Gabriel
From the album i/o (2023)
“Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix)” by Peter Gabriel appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2023. It was first released in 2023 on the album i/o. Its best result is #44 on the WEXT Top 106 of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #250 indie & aaa song of 2023.
"Road to Joy" was the sixth single Peter Gabriel released ahead of i/o, his tenth studio album, arriving in June 2023, and this is its Bright-Side Mix. It was one of the last songs to come together for the record, though its roots reach back to the OVO days, when it was a different animal called "Pukka", built from a looping piano figure, a deep, ringing bass line, drums and stabbing synths.
Gabriel took that groove to Real World Studios to experiment with rhythms alongside Brian Eno, who co-produced, Eno playing ukulele and Gabriel a charango, the ten-string Andean instrument. Tony Levin plays bass, Manu Katché drums, John Metcalfe arranged the strings, and the Soweto Gospel Choir lifts the whole thing skyward. Gabriel carried it out on I/O The Tour that year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 85 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 44 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2023 | 106 |
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