Songs

"The Flowers" is a song orginally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed live on 2002-12-19 at Tonic in New York, NY. "The Flowers" was first released on the LP Soviet Kitsch on 2003-05-02. Over a year later, the song would also be featured as a co-single on the release Your Honor & The Flowers, released on 2004-11-22.

"The Flowers" continued to be played peridoically until its final performance on 2013-04-10 at Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil. One of of these live performances was officially recorded and released as a pre-order bonus exclusive to iTunes on the LP Far, released on 2009-06-21. This version has since been made available on more platforms but is not accessible from many geographies.

"The Flowers" is notable for its interpolation of the traditional Jewish folksong "Hava Nagila". "The Flowers" and its use of "Hava Nagila" is discussed by Regina in the film Hava Nagila: The Movie released on 2012-07-12.