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- Semisonic released its debut album Great Divide in 1996, but the band’s mainstream breakthrough occurred with the release of 1998’s Feeling Strangely Fine.
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Semisonic's breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine, reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single "Closing Time", their biggest hit in the United States. During a 2008 performance at Harvard's Sanders Theatre, Wilson said that it was originally written about the birth of his first ...
Mar 10, 2024 · Semisonic’s signature hit ‘Closing Time’ has a hidden double meaning. Writer Bianca Gracie breaks down the story behind the song.
- Bianca Gracie
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Dec 4, 2020 · Power pop hit "Closing Time" by American rock band Semisonic checks all the boxes for a novelty hit: an infectious melody, an easy-to-memorize chorus and a meditative double-meaning, much deeper than you might imagine.
Jul 5, 2023 · “Closing Time” opens Semisonic’s sophomore MCA effort Feeling Strangely Fine, recorded with producer Nick Launay in mid-1997 at Minneapolis’ Seedy Underbelly Studio. While Wilson ostensibly composed the tune to close out the trio’s live performances, his subconscious had other designs.
Nov 20, 2023 · In an interview with Q’s Tom Power, he reflects on Semisonic’s breakout hit, Closing Time. Wilson has returned to Semisonic to make the band’s first album in more than 20 years, Little Bit ...
Nov 9, 2023 · When Dan Wilson began what became a long and productive career of writing and producing music, his band Semisonic hadn’t officially broken up or even called an official hiatus.
Sep 15, 2020 · Dan Wilson detailed the musical properties of a Semisonic song, the band's enduring relationships and the malleable definition of “side hustle.”
