Laughing With

"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.

"Laughing With"
Single by Regina Spektor
from the album Far
B-side	"Blue Lips"
Released	May 18, 2009
Genre	Antifolk
Length	3:14
Label	Sire 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

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.	Title	Length
1.	"Laughing With"	3:14
2.	"Blue Lips"	3:32

 

EP^[2]

No.	Title	Length
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

References

1. "Laughing With". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
2. New EP out Jun 9th!'