Let Them Know

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"Let Them Know"
Mabel - Let Them Know single.png
Single by Mabel
from the album About Last Night...
Released18 June 2021
Genre
Length2:28
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Mabel singles chronology
"Tick Tock"
(2020)		"Let Them Know"
(2021)		"Take It Home"
(2021)
Music video
"Let Them Know" on YouTube

"Let Them Know" is a song by English singer Mabel. It was released by Polydor Records on 18 June 2021 as the lead single from her second studio album About Last Night... (2022). [1] The song was written by Mabel, Raye, MNEK, and its producer SG Lewis. It was a top 40 hit in Mabel's home country of the United Kingdom as well as five additional European countries.

Contents

Music and lyrics

"Let Them Know" is an uptempo, dance-pop, synth-pop and 1980s-style disco song with dancehall undertones. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is 2 minutes and 28 seconds long, [6] and has a 1990s house rhythm reminiscent of RuPaul's 1992 song "Supermodel (You Better Work)". [7]

Inspired by obsessively watching 1990 film Paris Is Burning , and American television series Pose and RuPaul's Drag Race , Mabel wrote the track as a reflection on dance music's generational themes of expression, liberation and inclusion. [8] According to the singer, "Let Them Know" is "dedicated to anyone who's ever felt scared to truly be themselves." [9] The lyrics include a reference to Doja Cat and her 2020 song "Say So". [7] [5]

Release

Mabel first teased the single's release on 9 June 2021 with a 30-second teaser trailer titled "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself". [10] The clip shows the singer performing and filming a music video, and ends with a preview of "Let Them Know". [11] On 10 June, she shared the release date, cover art and a link to pre-save the single on streaming services. [12] [10] The official TikTok audio was released on 12 June. Within a week, more than 52,000 videos were uploaded under the audio by users of the social networking service. [2]

"Let Them Know" was released by Polydor Records on 18 June. [6] It was promoted with its own lens filter on Instagram and Snapchat, [13] [14] and added it to rotation by British radio stations BBC Radio 1 and Capital FM the same day. [15] [16] A remix by English DJ Riton was released on 9 July. [17]

Critical response

In his review for The Sunday Times , Dan Cairns likened the track to music by the Spice Girls, describing it as "sassy, savvy, precision-tooled pop perfection". [18] Isaac Chiew of NME regarded the "bombastic floor-filler" as a welcome comeback from Mabel, complimenting its disco production and "anthemic" chorus. [19] Clash reviewer Robin Murray called it "an unashamed addition to the pop banger canon." [20] The Guardian 's Luke Holland viewed the song as "wholly edgeless yet undeniably enjoyable glitter-pop" and "daft fun in all the ways pop should be". [21]

Commercial performance

"Let Them Know" debuted at number 38 on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 10,368 units. [22] It has since ascended to a new peak of number 19 on the chart dated August 26, 2021. In Ireland, the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 48; it has peaked at number 19.

Music video

The music video for "Let Them Know" was directed by Isaac Rentz. [23] A 25-second teaser trailer was shared on Mabel's YouTube channel on 16 June 2021. [24] The music video live premiered on YouTube at 8 a.m. BST on 18 June, preceded by a live chat with the singer. [25] [26] A behind the scenes segment was released by MTV UK on 28 June. [27]

Track listing

  1. "Let Them Know" – 2:28
  1. "Let Them Know" (Riton Remix) – 3:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from Qobuz. [6]

Charts

Chart performance for "Let Them Know"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Croatia (HRT) [28] 21
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [29] 4
Hungary (Single Top 40) [30] 28
Ireland (IRMA) [31] 19
Latvia (EHR) [32] 32
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [33] 1
Netherlands (Single Tip) [34] 11
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [35] 46
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [36] 12
UK Singles (OCC) [37] 19

Certifications

Certifications for "Let Them Know"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [38] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Let Them Know"
RegionDateFormat(s)VersionLabel(s)Ref.
Various18 June 2021Original Polydor [12]
Italy Contemporary hit radio Universal [39]
Russia27 June 2021 [40]
Various9 July 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Riton RemixPolydor [17]

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