AMANDA-- "YOU'VE GOT TIME" by REGINA SPEKTOR

Hey readers! Hope you're having a good week so far! Today's song comes from the highly popular original Netflix series "Orange Is The New Black." In the short time it's been out, the show has attracted serious buzz and already been picked up for a second season. Through the eyes of a waspy female protagonist, viewers get a peek at the complex lives and relationships of women in a New York federal state prison. The lovely Regina Spektor wrote the theme song from scratch, having received snippets of clips and information about the show from creator Jenji Kohan. Spekor isn't someone I typically associate with rock, but here she nails it. It's a credit to her talent and versatility that she sounds more than Karen O on this track than say Fiona Apple. Like the show, it is something no one expected but that is undeniably awesome. The song starts off fast and hard then goes softer and slower, only to repeat this several times. Everything from the pacing to the lyrics captures the complex tone and storytelling of the series. Moreover, it's a very fitting theme and almost as addictive as the show itself. Enjoy!