Let Me Know is a song by Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese electronic

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 musician Towa Tei

Towa Tei

is a DJ, artist and record producer in Yokahoma, Japan.Tōwa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the U.S. label Elektra Records in 1990, and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart"...

, featuring singer Chara

Chara (singer)

, better known by her stage name Chara, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven...

 on vocals. It was released as the fourth single from his album Last Century Modern

Last Century Modern

Last Century Modern is the fourth solo album from Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei. It is Tei's third album to be released in English-speaking markets, as his previous album Sweet Robots Against the Machine was issued in Japan only....

on , a month before the album's release. It debuted at #34 on the Japanese Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 album charts, and charted for four weeks. It did substantially better on the J-Wave

J-Wave

J-Wave is a commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Tower to the Tokyo area. J-Wave airs mostly music covering a wide range of formats. The station is considered the most popular among FM broadcasts in Tokyo, and has surprised the radio broadcast...

 airplay charts, charting in the top 30 for eight weeks.

Tei had produced Chara's songs (from her 1997 album Junior Sweet

Junior Sweet

-Singles:-Japan Sales Rankings:-Chart procession and succession:...

) and (from her 1999 album Strange Fruits

Strange Fruits

-Singles:-Japan Sales Rankings:...

, 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.

The song also appears on the 1999 remix album Lost Control Mix

Lost Control Mix

Lost Control Mix is a 1999 Towa Tei remix album. Original versions of all the remixes appear on the album Last Century Modern.-Track listing:# "Last Century Modern " - 3:17# "Butterfly " - 4:07...

with the remix Let Me Know (Mighty Bop Remix) (remixed by Bob Sinclar

Bob Sinclar

Bob Sinclar, originally spelled "Sinclair" - , is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.- Career history :...

), as well as the original version appearing on Tei's 2001 best-of album, Towa Tei Best.

Single

Oricon Charts (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Sales total
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	34	8,150	19,590

Various charts

Chart	Peak position
Tokio Hot 100	17
CDTV Top 100	37