Laughing With

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"Laughing With"
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Single by Regina Spektor
from the album Far
B-side"Blue Lips"
ReleasedMay 18, 2009
GenreAntifolk
Length3:14
LabelSire Records
Songwriter(s)Regina Spektor
Producer(s)Jacknife Lee
Regina Spektor singles chronology
"Better"
(2007) 		"Laughing With"
(2009) 		"Eet"
(2009)
Music video
"Laughing With" on YouTube

"Laughing With" is a song from Regina Spektor's fifth studio album, Far. It was released as the album's lead single on Regina's MySpace on May 8, 2009, and was officially released as a digital download on May 18 in various parts of Europe and in the United States and Canada on May 19.

Spektor arranged strings for this song, "but instead of a traditional quartet we had two cellos. I'm drawn to that, the lower sounds - bass, cello, tuba, that warm bottomy sound."[1]

A physical EP was released in the U.S. on June 9, 2009.[2] Apart from "Laughing With", it contains the songs Folding Chair, from Spektor's upcoming album; "The Call", which was featured in the soundtrack of the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian; and a live performance of "The Noise" from the Live at Bull Moose EP.

It was used in an episode of The Leftovers, season 2, episode 5: "No Room at the Inn".

Track listing[]

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Laughing With"3:14
2."Blue Lips"3:32

 

EP[2]
No.TitleLength
1."Laughing With"3:14
2."Folding Chair"3:35
3."The Call (From the soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)"3:07
4."The Noise (Live from Bull Moose)"3:20

Music video[]

A music video directed by Adria Petty was released on May 26, 2009.

Charts[]

The song has reached #14 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales. In Belgium the song has thus far peaked at #34 on the Singles Chart.

Chart Peak
position
Belgium Singles Chart 34
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales 14[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Laughing With". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b New EP out Jun 9th!'

External links[]

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