Let Me Know (Towa Tei song)

"Let Me Know"
Single by Towa Tei featuring Chara
from the album Last Century Modern
Released	June 23, 1999 (1999-06-23)
Genre	Contemporary R&B nu jazz trip hop
Length	4:10
Label	Warner Music Japan
Songwriter(s)	Towa Tei, Chara
Producer(s)	Towa Tei
Towa Tei featuring Chara singles chronology
"A Ring" (1999) "Let Me Know" (1999) "Kasei" (2000)
Chara singles chronology
"70% (Yūgure no Uta)" (1999) "Let Me Know" (1999) "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange (with Yuki)" (1999)

Let Me Know is a song by Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei, featuring singer Chara on vocals. It was released as the fourth single from his album Last Century Modern on June 23, 1999 (1999-06-23), a month before the album's release.^[1][2] It debuted at #34 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted for four weeks.^[3] It did substantially better on the J-Wave airplay charts, charting in the top 30 for eight weeks.^[4]

Tei had produced Chara's songs Shimashima no Bambi (しましまのバンビ, Striped Bambi) (from her 1997 album Junior Sweet) and Atashi wa Koko yo (あたしはここよ, I'm Here) (from her 1999 album Strange Fruits, released three months before this single).^[1]

Let Me Know was used as the ending theme song for the variety show Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ and The Adventures of Laughing Dog: YARANEVA!!.^[5]

The song also appears on the 1999 remix album Lost Control Mix with the remix Let Me Know (Mighty Bop Remix) (remixed by Bob Sinclar), as well as the original version appearing on Tei's 2001 best-of album, Towa Tei Best.

Track listing

Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let Me Know"	4:10
2.	"Let Me Know (TT Remix)"	5:59
3.	"Let Me Know (TT Bossa)"	3:41
4.	"Let Me Know (TT Instrumental)"	4:10

Chart rankings

Oricon Charts (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Sales total
June 23, 1999 (1999-06-23)	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	34	8,150	19,590

References

1. "CHARA OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE - Biography". Sony Music. 2008-08-07. Archived from the original on 2000-10-09. Retrieved 2009-11-21., accessed through "Chara Official Homepage". 2000-11-09. Archived from the original on 2000-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
2. TOWA TEI Main Works Archived 2009-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Let Me Know". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
4. 81.3 FM J-WAVE : TOKIO HOT 100 1999.7.25付のTOKIO HOT100のチャートです。 (weeks 1999.6.20 - 1999.8.8)
5. "Ｌｅｔ Ｍｅ Ｋｎｏｗ - テイ・トウワ ／ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Retrieved 2009-11-22.