| Laughing With | |
| Cover: | Laughingwithblue_lips_regina.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Regina Spektor |
| Album: | Far |
| B-Side: | Blue Lips |
| Released: | May 18, 2009 |
| Genre: | Antifolk |
| Length: | 3:14 |
| Label: | Sire Records |
| Producer: | Jacknife Lee |
| Prev Title: | Better |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Eet |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"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 ; 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".
A music video directed by Adria Petty was released on May 26, 2009.
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[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=regina spektor|chart=Hot Singles Sales}}] |