What My Heart Wants to Say is the debut album from the runner-up of the first series of Pop Idol, Gareth Gates.

Four singles were released from the album: "Unchained Melody", "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)", "Suspicious Minds", and the title track, "What My Heart Wants to Say".

Gates secured a record deal from Simon Cowell to his label, Sony BMG, after he became the runner-up to Will Young on the first series of talent competition Pop Idol in February 2002.

Gates audition, a version of the popular Westlife track "Flying Without Wings", secured him entry into the show.

His third single, a double A-side "Suspicious Minds" and "The Long and Winding Road", a duet with Young, also reached number one.