Song · Regina Spektor
“Us” by Regina Spektor
From the album Soviet Kitsch (2003)
“Us” by Regina Spektor appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2003 on the album Soviet Kitsch. Its best result is #250 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,474 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Us" is track five on Soviet Kitsch, Regina Spektor's major-label debut, and it's the one where her usual piano and voice make room for a string quartet. The 4X4 Quartet plays the strings, Spektor handles piano and vocals, and she produced it with Alan Bezozi and Gordon Raphael. It got a second wind in 2006 as a single for her UK compilation Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories, and by 2009 it had sold 86,000 copies in the US.
It was also the first Spektor song to get a video: a stop-motion short by Adria Petty in which she unpacks a whole room from a trunk, a piano, a rug, a globe and seeds she waters until they grow, then packs everything back, herself included. It's a spoof of Georges Méliès's 1909 silent The Diabolic Tenant.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 761 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 250 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 548 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 637 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 545 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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