In this episode of Song Exploder, Dan breaks down how that process led to “Closing Time.” But over two decades ago, Dan and his bandmates John Munson and Jacob Slichter were in Minneapolis, getting ready to start work on their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine. And he’s won Grammys for his songwriting with the Dixie Chicks and Adele. Since then, Dan Wilson, the lead singer and songwriter of Semisonic, has become a powerhouse songwriter who has written or co-written for artists like John Legend and Taylor Swift. If you’ve closed down a bar at any point since around the year 2000, you know that many bars will play Semisonic’s Closing Time after last call, which is our indication to get the hell out (before that, it was Happy Trails for decades, though there was a period in the late 80s/early 90s where it was at least the David Lee Roth version of Happy Trails. It gets played in stadiums, Weird Al covered it, and it’s the last song of the night in countless bars. It hit #1 on the Alternative charts, and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Song.
SEMISONIC CLOSING TIME SONG MEANING DOWNLOAD
The song “Closing Time” by the American rock band Semisonic came out in March 1998. Download Mp3 New Semisonic Closing Time, Semisonic - Closing Time (Official Music Video), SemisonicVEVO, 03:53, PT3M53S, 5.33 MB, 105360835, 562954, 17830.
Interview: Dan Wilson of Semisonic on his songwriting breakthroughs.
A post shared by Song Exploder on at 10:04am PST Listen to Wilson explain the real meaning behind each verse of the song, beginning about 4 ½ minutes into the video. To be fair, if you didnt figure out the songs true meaning, that may have had something to do with age. He earned a Grammy nomination for Closing Time (Best Rock Song) and won Grammys.