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Closing Time (Semisonic song)

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"Closing Time"
Single by Semisonic
from the album Feeling Strangely Fine
ReleasedMarch 10, 1998 (1998-03-10)
StudioSeedy Underbelly (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Genre
Length
  • 4:33 (album version)
  • 3:49 (single version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Dan Wilson
Producer(s)Nick Launay
Semisonic singles chronology
"F.N.T."
(1996) 		"Closing Time"
(1998) 		"Singing in My Sleep"
(1998)
Audio sample
Music video
"Closing Time" on YouTube

"Closing Time" is a song by American rock band Semisonic. It was released on March 10, 1998, as the lead single from their second studio album, Feeling Strangely Fine, and began to receive mainstream radio airplay on April 27, 1998. The ballad[5] was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay.

The single reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and the top 50 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It is certified gold in the UK and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999.[6][7] The song reappeared on the charts of three countries in 2011 after being featured in the 2011 movie Friends with Benefits and an episode of the television sitcom The Office;[8][9] it attained its highest chart peaks in Australia and Ireland during this period.

While the song is about people leaving a bar at closing time (also called last call), and widely interpreted as such, drummer Jacob Slichter has also indicated that the song was written by Wilson "in anticipation of fatherhood" and that it is about "being sent forth from the womb as if by a bouncer clearing out a bar".[10][11]

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Transcription

Background and composition

Prior to composing "Closing Time", Semisonic would usually end their concerts with the song "If I Run". The band grew tired of playing this song every night and so Wilson set out to write a new song that they could play at the end of their set.[12] Wilson's girlfriend was pregnant at the time and although Wilson did not set out consciously to write a song about giving birth, he has stated that "Part way into the writing of the song, I realized it was also about being born."[12]

Jacob Slichter, the drummer for Semisonic, said in 2006 that payola was how they turned "Closing Time" into a hit. Slichter stated: "It cost something close to $700,000 to $800,000 to get 'Closing Time' on the air."[13]

Critical reception

Billboard magazine described "Closing Time" as an "instantly memorable rock ditty", saying, "...the core of 'Closing Time' is pure pop with a sticky chorus that will have you singing along before the end of your first listen. This could be the jam that establishes Semisonic as the top 40 heroes they deserve to be."[14] Doug Reece of the same magazine called the song "impossibly hooky".[15] "Closing Time" was placed at number 19 on Rolling Stone's 2007 list of the "20 Most Annoying Songs".[16]

Music video

The music video was directed by Chris Applebaum.[17]

Usage in other media

This song is frequently used by some radio stations as their last song before changing formats, mostly alternative rock stations. Most notably on November 16, 2016, Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas-based alternative station KDGE (102.1 FM) played a continuous loop of "Closing Time" while redirecting its listeners to its area sister mainstream rock station KEGL (97.1 FM). This continued until 5 p.m. on November 17, 2016, when the station flipped to Christmas music then full-time to a mainstream adult contemporary format on December 26.[18]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Feeling Strangely Fine liner notes.[27]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[49] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United States February 23, 1998
MCA [50][51]
Europe March 10, 1998 CD [20]
United States April 27, 1998 Top 40 radio [52]
Japan July 23, 1998 CD [53]
United Kingdom October 25, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [54]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Classical Cover: Semisonic's Closing Time". Alto Riot. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Dan Wilson On Mountain Stage". NPR. October 29, 2014. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Collin (April 5, 2001). "Semisonic All About Chemistry MCA". Daily Nexus. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Verna, Paul (March 28, 1998). "Reviews & Previews – Albums". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 13. p. 55.
  6. ^ "41st Grammy Awards – 1999". Rock on the Net. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  7. ^ Wood, Olivia (January 15, 2020). "Episode 176: Semisonic". Song Exploder. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  8. ^ Hyden, Steven (November 30, 2011). "We Are All 'Closing Time': Why Semisonic's 1998 Hit Still Resonates". Grantland. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  9. ^ Halperin, Shirley (December 7, 2010). "Semisonic revists "Closing Time" thanks to movie". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  10. ^ A Hit Single and the Heart-Wrenching Story Behind it Archived February 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, by Claudia Ricci, The Huffington Post, posted February 8, 2011, retrieved February 27, 2011
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  13. ^ Ross, Brian; Walter, Vic (February 16, 2006). "Paying to Make It to the Top of the Charts". ABC News Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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  15. ^ Reece, Doug (April 4, 1998). "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 14. p. 12.
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  18. ^ KDGE Dallas Drops Alternative After 27 Years; Flips to Mainstream AC as "Star 102.1"
  19. ^ Closing Time (Australian CD single liner notes). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1998. MCD-49071.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  21. ^ Closing Time (European CD single liner notes). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1998. MCD-49091.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. ^ Closing Time (European maxi-CD single liner notes). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1998. MCD 49076.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. ^ Closing Time (UK CD1 liner notes). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1999. MCSTD 40221, 155645-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  24. ^ Closing Time (UK CD2 liner notes). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1999. MCSXD 40221, 155646-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  25. ^ Closing Time (UK cassette single sleeve). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1999. MCSC 40221, 155 645-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  26. ^ Closing Time (Japanese CD single liner notes). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1998. MVCE-9009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  27. ^ Feeling Strangely Fine (US CD album liner notes). Semisonic. MCA Records. 1998. MCAD/11733.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  51. ^ "Be on the Lookout". Gavin Report. No. 2192. February 13, 1998. p. 50.
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