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| BPM = 104
| versions =Kinda I Want To <br> Kinda I Want To (Demo - )<br>Kinda I Want To (''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]'') <br> Kinda I Want To (Demo - ''Demos & Remixes'')
| live =[["Pretty Hate Machine" Promotional Tour]]
}}'''"Kinda I Want To"''' is the sixth track on the 1989 release ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]],'' and has ties to lust, though it's unclear exactly what the speaker wants to do or whom they want to do it with. Notably hard to write, [[Trent Reznor]] has expressed dissatisfaction with the song[https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/articles/display/555] and thinks it's by far the worst song he's ever done. He has also stated it's the one song he will not play live anymore, though as with anything, this is subject to change.
===Other===
*''[[Purest Feeling (halo)|Purest Feeling]]'' (Demo)*''[[Demos & Remixes]]'' (Demo)
==Versions==
===Kinda I Want To===
Beginning with what sounds like garbled cries, the sixth track on ''Pretty Hate Machine'' is perhaps the most solely beat -driven song on the album, lacking a clear melody and utilizing a lot of [[samples ]] and loops (similar to ''[[Year Zero]]''). The middle section samples the drum beat, similar guitar work , and some vocals from "Down In It". The rolling drum fills on the choruses are sampled from "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic. The distorted cries at the end segue directly into "[[Sin (song)|Sin]]".
===Kinda I Want To (Demo - ''Purest Feeling'')===With a completely different arrangement and lead melody, less distorted audio samples and a much more upbeat feel, the ''Purest Feeling'' version of "Kinda I Want To" resembles early 80's house music more than its "breakbeat"-esque counterpart from Running Time: 4:43'''Pretty Hate Machine.'' The lyrics are the same as the final version, but feature an additional bridge in the middle wherein Reznor repeats the line "Why does it have to be this way?" over and over, harmonizing with himself. The ending also features a rapidly strumming acoustic guitar, before the entire song fades into quiet synths. The ascending synth melody that runs through the final third of the track is very similar to the one heard during the bridge of "[[Into The Void]]".
With a completely different arrangement and lead melody, less distorted audio samples and a much more upbeat feel, this demo version from the ''Demos & Remixes'' [[bootlegs|bootleg]] resembles early 80's house music more than its "breakbeat"-esque counterpart from ''Pretty Hate Machine.'' The lyrics are the same as the final version, but feature an additional bridge in the middle wherein Reznor repeats the line "Why does it have to be this way?" over and over, harmonizing with himself. The ending also features a rapidly strumming acoustic guitar, before the entire song fades into quiet synths. The ascending synth melody that runs through the final third of the track is very similar to the one heard during the bridge of "[[Into The Void (song)|Into The Void]]". ===Kinda I Want To (Demo - ''Demos & RemixesPurest Feeling'')==='''''Running Time: 4:48''''' This version is almost exactly like very similar to the ''Purest Feeling'' demo version in structure and sound, though it uses much simpler a dialog sample in the intro, and different synths and percussion, no sampling and very little background. This is perhaps one of Reznor's earliest demos as [[Nine Inch Nails]].
==Live==
I want to (I'll take my chance tonight)
The parenthetical portion of the last line appears only in the liner notes and early versions of the ''Purest Feeling'' versionsong.
The first line in the second verse is changed in the final recording to be