 Commercially, the mini CD single of "Automatic" / "Time Will Tell" experienced success in Japan.It opened at number four on the Oricon Singles Chart, her first charting experience in that category, and spent a total of 23 weeks.By the end of 1999, Oricon ranked the single at number 22 on their year-end chart, with estimated sales of 772,080, making it the seventh highest entry by a female artist—five of which were claimed by the singer.