"I Wanted to Tell Her" is a single by American

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band

Ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

. Written by frontman

Al Jourgensen Alain David Jourgensen (born Alejandro Ramírez Casas; October 9, 1958) is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer. Closely related with the independent record label Wax Trax! Records, his musical career spans four decades. He is be ...

and guest singer Shay Jones, and co-produced by Vince Ely and Ian Taylor, it was released as the second single from Ministry's debut studio album, ''

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'' (1983). Previously, the song first appeared as "Primental", an instrumental released in 1981 as part of Ministry's debut single, " I'm Falling / Cold Life".

Reception

"I Wanted to Tell Her" is one of the most popular songs from ''With Sympathy'', charting on both the

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and NZ charts. The song was picked as an

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reviewer's pick.

Track listing

;7" Vinyl (US) # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (edit) – 3:55 # "A Walk In the Park" – 4:58 ;7" Vinyl (US promo) # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (edit) – 3:55 # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (mono) – 3:55 ;12" Maxi-single (US) # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (remix) – 6:57 # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (dub) – 4:45 # "Effigy" – 3:51 # "Revenge" – 3:48 ;7" Vinyl (UK) # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (remix edit) – 3:57 # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (Tongue-Tied remix) – 4:45 ;12" Vinyl (EU) # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (remix) – 6:57 # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (Tongue-Tied remix) – 4:45 ;12" Maxi-single (EU) # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (remix) – 6:57 # "I Wanted to Tell Her" (Tongue-Tied remix) – 4:45 # "A Walk In the Park" – 4:58 NOTE: Although not listed as such on the sleeves, all 12" versions (as well as the UK 7") use an alternate performance of the song that differs from the one on With Sympathy. The Tongue-Tied Mix and Dub version are the same.

Covers

The song was covered in 2011 by

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duo

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, with support from The Juan MacLean and female vocals handled by

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Charts

Personnel

;Ministry *

Alain Jourgensen Alain David Jourgensen (born Alejandro Ramírez Casas; October 9, 1958) is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer. Closely related with the independent record label Wax Trax! Records, his musical career spans four decades. He is be ...

– vocals, guitar, keyboards * Stephen George – drums ;Additional personnel * Robert Roberts – keyboards * Shay Jones – feature vocals * John Davis – keyboards * Walter Turbitt – guitar * Martin Sorenson – bass guitar

References

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