"Closing Time" is a song by Semisonic from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. The band's most popular song, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999 . It peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. According to Rolling Stone magazine, it is the 19th most annoying song ever made. The place that closes seems to be a pickup bar, noted by the lines::One last call for alcohol So finish your whiskey or beer ...

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  • "Closing Time" is a song by Semisonic from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. The band's most popular song, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999 . It peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. According to Rolling Stone magazine, it is the 19th most annoying song ever made. The place that closes seems to be a pickup bar, noted by the lines::One last call for alcohol So finish your whiskey or beer ... You don't have to go home But you can't stay here ... So gather up your jackets Move it to the exits I hope you have found a friendHowever, the book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star by Semisonic's drummer Jacob Slichter indicates that it is, instead, about being born: the place that is closing is the womb, and the mention of alcohol is a reference to pregnant women not drinking. This can be seen in the lines::Time for you to go out to the places you will be from ... This room won't be open 'til your brothers or your sisters comeThis interpretation has additional support. In a show in which he opened up for Sondre Lerche, Dan Wilson noted that the song was NOT written for the birth of his child, in an attempt not to be one of those annoying songs that an artist wrote for the birth of a "jr," he made sure the meaning was abstracted. Most recently, on July 25, 2008 at 3:25 pm on WINS in New York City, the station used the song for a story about a Bar in New Jersey. (en)
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