"Laughing With" is a song from
Regina Spektor
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (russian: Регинa Ильинична Спектор, ; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian–born American singer, songwriter, and pianist.
After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in ...
'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."
A physical EP was released in the U.S. on June 9, 2009.
[New EP out Jun 9th!']
/ref> Apart from "Laughing With", it contains the songs ''Folding Chair'', from Spektor's upcoming album; "The Call", which was featured in the soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrac ...
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
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
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. In Belgium the song has thus far peaked at #34 on the Singles Chart.
References
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2009 singles
Regina Spektor songs
Folk ballads
Song recordings produced by Jacknife Lee
Songs written by Regina Spektor
2009 songs
Sire Records singles