:Let Me Know (Towa Tei song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Let Me Know
| cover = Towa_letmeKnow.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Towa Tei featuring Chara
| album = Last Century Modern
| released = {{start date|1999|6|23}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Contemporary R&B|nu jazz|trip hop}}
| length = 4:10
| label = Warner Music Japan
| producer = Towa Tei
| prev_title = A Ring
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Kasei
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Chara
| type = Single
| prev_title = 70% (Yūgure no Uta)
| prev_year = 1999
| title = Let Me Know
| year = 1999
| next_title = Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange (with Yuki)
| next_year = 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 {{start date|1999|6|23}}, a month before the album's release.{{cite web|title=CHARA OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE - Biography |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/chara/biof.html |work=Sony Music |date=2008-08-07 |accessdate=2009-11-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001009082929/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/chara/biof.html |archivedate=2000-10-09 |url-status=dead }}, accessed through {{cite web|title=Chara Official Homepage |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/chara/biof.html |date=2000-11-09 |accessdate=2009-11-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001109192500/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/chara/biof.html |archivedate=2000-11-09 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.towatei.com/past/ TOWA TEI Main Works] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118050649/http://www.towatei.com/past/ |date=2009-11-18 }} It debuted at #34 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted for four weeks.{{cite web | title= Let Me Know| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/37581/1/| accessdate=2009-11-22}} It did substantially better on the J-Wave airplay charts, charting in the top 30 for eight weeks.[http://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/tokiohot100/ 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)
Tei had produced Chara's songs {{nihongo|Shimashima no Bambi|しましまのバンビ|Striped Bambi}} (from her 1997 album Junior Sweet) and {{nihongo|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).
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!!.{{cite web | title= 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」| url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=37581&samecd=1| accessdate=2009-11-22}}
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=
{{tracklist
| title1 = Let Me Know
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = Let Me Know (TT Remix)
| length2 = 5:59
| title3 = Let Me Know (TT Bossa)
| length3 = 3:41
| title4 = Let Me Know (TT Instrumental)
| length4 = 4:10
}}
Chart rankings
=Oricon Charts (Japan)=
class="wikitable"
!Release !Chart !Peak position !First week sales !Sales total |
{{start date|1999|6|23}}
|Oricon Weekly Singles Chart |align="center"|34 |8,150 |19,590 |
References
{{reflist|2}}
{{Towa Tei}}
{{Chara}}
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Category:Songs written by Towa Tei
Category:Songs written by Chara (singer)