art direction, illustration Matt Mahurin
engineer [additional engineering] Adam Greenholtz
engineer [assistant engineer] Eric Mosher
engineer [assistant engineer] Giuseppe Salvadori
engineer [assistant engineer] Jacopo Dorici
engineer [assistant engineer] John Prestage
engineer [assistant engineer] Tom Bailey
engineer, producer [additional production] Tommaso Colliva
layout Alex Tenta
mixed by [assisted by] Mario Borgatta
mixed by [assisted by] Martin Cooke
mixed by [assisted by] Nick Fourier
mixed by, producer [additional production] Rich Costey
performer Chris Wolstenholme
performer Dominic Howard
performer, music by, lyrics by Matthew Bellamy
producer Muse
producer Robert John Lange
programmed by [additional programming] Olle Romo
recorded by Durand Trench
Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Published By Wb Music Corp.
Published By Loosechord Ltd.
Recorded At The Warehouse, Vancouver, BC
Mixed At El Dorado Studios
Mixed At Air Studios
Mastered At Gateway Mastering
Mastered At La Maestà
Published By Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By WB Music Corp.
Five different variants were issued/distributed: one without any sticker, one with a standard sticker, one with a Record Store Day coupon voucher sticker, one with a Best Buy coupon voucher sticker, and one with a f.y.e. coupon voucher sticker.

The variant with the f.y.e. coupon voucher sticker was made available only though f.y.e.'s physical stores in connection with pre-orders of the Drones CD or the Drones CD/DVD. They were not made available through f.y.e.'s online store.

Cat. Numbers of different versions:

Record Store Day Edition: PRO-CD-549810
Best Buy Edition: 2-549806
f.y.e. Edition: 2-549809

Track 1 mastered at Gateway Mastering; track 2 mastered at La Maesta Mastering Tredozio
Barcode: 8 25646 11173 2
Barcode: 825646111732 (Scanned)
Barcode: 825646106943 (Best Buy sticker)
Barcode: 8 25646 10691 2 (With Indie Records coupon)
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: PRS
Matrix / Runout: 1 549663-2 RE-1 TEXT AH01 M0S1 (Variant 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L247 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U9I (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 1 549663-2 RE-1 TEXT AH01 M1S1 (Variant 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L247 (Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U70 (Variant 2)