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Wikipedia article
{{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 =
}}
'"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."
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
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.
References
Category:2009 singles
Category:Regina Spektor songs
Category:Folk ballads
Category:Song recordings produced by Jacknife Lee
Category:Songs written by Regina Spektor
Category:2009 songs
Category:Sire Records singles
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