The three other songs find these former Trip Shakespeare alumni delivering fun, catchy songs that continue that band’s legacy of accessible, enjoyable power pop, compelling enough to leave us wanting more. “Basement Tapes” and “You’re Not Alone” find Wilson at the top of his pop hook game, writing lyrics that that make and immediate connection. On this brief 5-song EP, however, Semisonic returns in reliable pop/rock form, barely skipping a beat. Nevertheless, the band played a couple reunion shows in 2017, introducing two new songs, “Basement Tapes” and “You’re Not Alone,” two of the strongest tracks of the 5 on this new EP. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their second studio album, Feeling Strangely Fine, and began to receive mainstream radio airplay on April 27. Turns out, singer/songwriter Dan Wilson managed to write songs for The (Dixie) Chicks (“Not Ready to Make Nice”), Adele (“Someone Like You”), and others, but until recently hadn’t come up with anything that sounded like or worked for Semisonic, which last released an album in 2001. Closing Time (Semisonic song) ' Closing Time ' is a ballad by American rock band Semisonic. Once you have that kind of success – omnipresent airplay and a nomination for the Grammy for Rock Song of the Year – it’s hard to follow as everything you come up with seems to pale by comparison. The ballad was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. REMASTERED IN HDMusic video by Semisonic performing Closing Time. It was released on March 10, 1998, as the lead single from their second studio album, Feeling Strangely Fine, and began to receive mainstream radio airplay on April 27, 1998. According to the Closing Time Songfacts, this remains a popular song at bars when they are ready to pack it up. Since then, Dan Wilson, the lead singer and songwriter of. 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. The band's most popular song, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. The song Closing Time by the American rock band Semisonic came out in March 1998. Google the Minnesota power/pop trio Semisonic and the first listing will always be their big hit single for 1998, “Closing Time.” Of course, I don’t know this personally, but I’ve heard from some artist friends that writing a hit like that, where a fluky fun pop song written to celebrate your soon-to-be-born child becomes the go-to sing-along for a generation, can lead to writer’s block. Closing Time (Semisonic song) ' Closing Time ' is a song by American rock band Semisonic. Closing Time is a song by Semisonic from their album Feeling Strangely Fine.