Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The differences between this and the album version are that the guitars and drums are toned down, & the third verse, final chorus, and the ending are shortened. All rights reserved to the owner of this song.
"Closing Time" is a song by American rock band Semisonic. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. Their signature song, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999. It reached #1 on Modern Rock Tracks.
The song is about people leaving a bar at closing time. 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."
The differences between this and the album version are that the guitars and drums are toned down, & the third verse, final chorus, and the ending are shortened. All rights reserved to the owner of this song.
"Closing Time" is a song by American rock band Semisonic. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. Their signature song, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999. It reached #1 on Modern Rock Tracks.
The song is about people leaving a bar at closing time. 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."
