Song · Nine Inch Nails
“Kinda I Want To” by Nine Inch Nails
From the album Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
“Kinda I Want To” by Nine Inch Nails appears on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1991 and 2005. It was first released in 1989 on the album Pretty Hate Machine. Its best result is #280 on the CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,259 alternative song of all time.
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"Kinda I Want To" comes from Nine Inch Nails' 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine, and it's Trent Reznor's show nearly top to bottom: he wrote the music and the words, sang it, recorded it and co-produced it with John Fryer. Fryer and Keith LeBlanc joined Reznor on the mix.
What they built is clipped, sulky machine funk, the title's push-and-pull hesitation carried by a groove that twitches more than it throbs, with Reznor's voice slinking between cold electronics and something much needier.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 830 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 280 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 280 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 294 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 294 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 467 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 294 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 931 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 294 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 293 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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