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“I Wanted to Tell Her” by Ministry
From the album With Sympathy (1983)
“I Wanted to Tell Her” by Ministry appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1983 on the album With Sympathy. Its best result is #98 on the WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,794 alternative song of all time.
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"I Wanted to Tell Her" was the second single pulled from With Sympathy, Ministry's 1983 debut album on Arista, and it's glossy new wave from a band now filed under industrial. Al Jourgensen wrote it with guest singer Shay Jones, and both of them sing on it over a bank of keyboards played by Jourgensen, John Davis and Robert Roberts, with Jourgensen and Walter Turbitt on guitars, Martin Sorenson on bass and Stephen George on drums. Vince Ely and Ian Taylor produced.
The tune wasn't brand new: it had surfaced in 1981 as "Primental", an instrumental on Ministry's first single, "I'm Falling/Cold Life". Dressed up with words and two voices, it became one of the best-loved tracks on the album, making the US dance chart and the charts in New Zealand.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 98 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 300 |
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