Sales+streaming figures based on certification aloneĬovers and samples Youtube Semisonic Closing Time Live Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart (1998–1999) The 'trick' of the video is that each shot was done as one long, continuous shot, with no cuts or editing, and therefore relies on proper timing to get the two sides of the video lined up properly. However, they still end up missing each other by mere seconds and never meet. At the end of the video, they both wind up at the same nightclub. As the video progresses, Dan and his girlfriend switch sides of screen, as they attempt to meet up. The other side features a woman (played by Denise Franco) as the singer Dan Wilson's girlfriend. One side shows the band playing the song in a rehearsal space. It features two continuous shots, running side by side on the screen. The music video was directed by Chris Applebaum. 158 rows Semisonic is a power pop/alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. You don't have to go home but you can't stay here. One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer. Turn the lights up over every boy and every girl. Open all the doors and let you out into the world. We’re gearing up for summer, and are excited to announce the launch of our new online store! We have all kinds of great items for sale, including signed CDs and memorabilia (limited quantity!), t-shirts, and art prints, as well as our only live album, recorded at Minneapolis’ legendary First Avenue Club in June 2002!Ĭlosing time. 'Closing Time' was the big hit on Semisonic's second album, 1998's Feeling Strangely Fine, which is being celebrated again with a recently released 20th anniversary reissue. Over the course of his illustrious career, Launay gained fame for working with the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Cave. Production was handled by English record producer Nick Launay.
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Semisonic’s lead singer, Dan Wilson wrote this track. The song ends with a quote attributed to Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca: ' Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.'
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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.' However, the band eventually 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. Prior to the composition 'Closing Time', Semisonic would usually end their concerts with the song 'If I Run'. 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.'
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It is certified silver in the latter country and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999.
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The single reached number one on the US BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart and the top 50 in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Their signature song, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. ' Closing Time' is a song by American rock band Semisonic.