"What My Heart Wants to Say" is the fourth single from English pop singer

Gareth Gates Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show ''Pop Idol'' in 2002. As of 2008, Gates had sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is ...

' debut

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of the same name. The song was written by

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and

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and produced by Mac. Upon its release on 9 December 2002, the single peaked at number five on the

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; it was Gates' first single not to reach the top spot in the UK.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "What My Heart Wants to Say" (single remix) # "Christmas to Remember" # "Good Thing" # "What My Heart Wants to Say" (video) UK CD2 # "What My Heart Wants to Say" (single remix) # "

Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake) "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" is the second single from English pop singer Gareth Gates' debut studio album, ''What My Heart Wants to Say'' (2002). It was written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, and David Kreuger and produced by Magnusson ...

" (live) # " Yesterday" # "What My Heart Wants to Say" (exclusive behind the scenes footage) European CD single # "What My Heart Wants to Say" (single remix) – 4:12 # "Good Thing" – 3:48

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''

What My Heart Wants to Say ''What My Heart Wants to Say'' is the debut album from the runner-up of the first series of ''Pop Idol'', Gareth Gates. The album was released on 26 October 2002, almost a year after his success on the show. The album was produced by a team of w ...

'' album booklet. Studios * Produced, arranged, mixed, and engineered at Rokstone Studios (London, England) * Strings recorded at

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(London, England) * Mastered at Transfermation (London, England) Personnel *

– writing, keyboards, production, arrangement, mixing *

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– writing * Mae McKenna – additional backing vocals * Chris Laws – drums, engineering * Daniel Pursey – percussion, assistant engineering * Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

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References

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