Blue Cartoon covered the song in the power pop style for the Harrison tribute album "He Was Fab", released in 2002. The following year, the Smithereens contributed a recording to another Harrison tribute album, "". The band also included the track on the 2005 deluxe edition of "God Save the Smithereens". Thea Gilmore recorded the song during the sessions for her 2006 album "Harpo's Ghost", a version that appeared on "Mojo" magazine's "Revolver Reloaded" CD celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the Beatles' album. The Melvins covered "I Want to Tell You" on their 2016 album "Basses Loaded", with Steven Shane McDonald on bass. While Pitchfork Media's reviewer dismisses the Melvins' performance as a throwaway version of a "Beatles classic", Jared Skinner of PopMatters describes it as "solid proof of their ability to make loud, gleeful rock 'n' roll". According to Ian MacDonald: