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Till date it is Semisonic’s only song to have achieved that feat. Closing Time was so successful that it peaked at number 1 on the modern rock hits in 1998.
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Yet despite its success, it was never released as a single in America. Fortunately, not he nor the rest of the band, which includes drummer Jacob Slichter who wrote the 2004 book S o You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star, define their lives by this one radio moment that never went away. Closing Time proved to be the only song by Semisonic that became a hit in America. Long used to shoo out bar patrons who had overstayed their welcome, it’s now officially entered the realm of pop culture punchline, which, for singer Dan Wilson, is both a huge compliment and cause for pause. Closing Time Lyrics: Closing time / Open all the doors and let you out into the world / Closing time / Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl / Closing time / One last call for. Thanks to the racy red band trailer for the forthcoming Justin Timberlake– Mila Kunis rom-com Friends with Benefits (not to be confused with the Ashton Kutcher– Natalie Portman vehicle No Strings Attached, which promises a similar plot), where a mid-coitus Kunis implores Timberlake to distract her with, what she calls, a Third Eye Blind song, Semisonic’s 1998 hit “Closing Time” is experiencing a renaissance of sorts.