Laughing With

{{Infobox song

| name = Laughing With

| cover = Laughingwithblue_lips_regina.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Regina Spektor

| album = Far

| B-side = Blue Lips

| released = May 18, 2009

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Antifolk

| length = 3:14

| label = Sire Records

| writer = Regina Spektor

| producer = Jacknife Lee

| prev_title = Better

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Eet

| next_year = 2009

| misc =

{{External music video|{{YouTube|-pxRXP3w-sQ|"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.

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."{{cite web

| url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16083

| title = Laughing With

| work = Songfacts.com

| accessdate = 2009-07-02

}}

A physical EP was released in the U.S. on June 9, 2009.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090530065627/http://reginaspektor.org/component/content/article/39-news/210-new-ep-out-jun-9th New EP out Jun 9th!'] 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

{{tracklist

|headline = Digital download

|title1= Laughing With

|length1= 3:14

|title2= Blue Lips

|length2= 3:32

}}

 

{{Track listing

| headline = EP

| title1 = Laughing With

| length1 = 3:14

| title2 = Folding Chair

| length2 = 3:35

| title3 = The Call (From the soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)

| length3 = 3:07

| title4 = The Noise (Live from Bull Moose)

| length4 = 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.

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!align="left"|Chart

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|Belgium Singles Chart

|align="center"|34

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales

|align="center"|14[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=regina spektor|chart=Hot Singles Sales}}]

References