"April Joy" is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by Pat Metheny, with no lyrics. It was first recorded by the Pat Metheny Group for their self-titled debut album on ECM Records. The album was recorded in January 1978 at Talent in Oslo, released in March 1978 and produced by Manfred Eicher. "April Joy" is track 3 on side two, running 8:14, placed between "Jaco" and "Lone Jack"; the album also includes "Aprilwind". The band line-up on the album was Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb. Discogs classifies the track under the Jazz genre with the Fusion style. Later recordings include a 1994 version by the Klaus Gertken Trio and a 2010 version by Alex Hargreaves.
