lead vocals, ultimately harmonizing toward the end of the song. Collins contributes percussion programming as well, under a more contemporary drum and bass influence. The song's final verse was planned on being sung by Genesis' third singer Ray Wilson, but he left the band so the plan was dropped and the final verse was left out. The B-sides of the 1999 single were "Turn It On Again" and "Follow You Follow Me". The song is also included as the final track of the 2007 live album Live Over Europe 2007 and on the live DVD When in Rome 2007. Performance variations On the 1974 studio version, Peter Gabriel sang an introductory verse beginning with "There is lambs' wool under my naked feet...", while from 1976 onwards Phil Collins omitted the introduction, and started the song with "The crawlers cover the floor...". This later live version omitting the introductory verse is simply referred to as "The Carpet Crawl", as it is listed on Seconds Out. The song as sung by Collins was a fixture through the 1981/82 tour, and was played as the final encore for each date of the 2007 Turn It On Again Tour (except The Hollywood Bowl because of rain) and the 2021/22 The Last Domino? Tour. Personnel Tony Banks – ARP Pro-Soloist & RMI Electra piano (1974); keyboards and additional programming (1999) Phil Collins – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1974); co-lead vocals and programmed drums (1999) Peter Gabriel – lead vocals and flute (1974); co-lead vocals and additional programming (1999) Steve Hackett – electric guitar Mike Rutherford – 12-string guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals Cover versions Under the title "Carpet Crawl", it was covered by the German band M. Walking on Water for their 1993 EP, Pictures of an Exhibitionist. As "The Carpet Crawler" it was covered by Human Drama on their 1993 Pin Ups release. A version was recorded by John Ford (ex-Strawbs) for the 2006 album Golden Sound: Tribute to Genesis. Another version was covered by the jazz band Fragile on their 2007 cover album smile. Nick D'Virgilio (who played drums on Genesis' 1997 album Calling All Stations) and Mark Hornsby covered the song as part of their Rewiring Genesis: A Tribute To The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Project in 2008. A cover was arranged and recorded by the German symphonic rock/chant band Gregorian for their 2009 album Masters of