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You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here First verse to “Closing Time” by Semisonic. One last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl Open all the doors and let you out into the world Let’s take a look at these lyrics, which I’m sure many of you know by heart: Thus, Semisonic were doomed to play “Closing Time” last until the end of time. Wilson dug his own grave by writing “Closing Time”, because while it does work great as the last song on a setlist, it became a massive success, topping the Billboard Modern Rock chart in the U.S. Dan Wilson on the creation of “Closing Time” by Semisonic. He was right - it’s a great moment in the song. You need to break up the rhythm of the verses.” So that line, “Gather up your jackets, move it to the exits, I hope you have found a friend” is the first time it deviates from the rhythmic pattern. There was one little adjustment later, which I credit to our A&R guy, Hans Haedelt. So I thought, “OK, I’ll write a song to close out the set,” and then boom, I wrote “Closing Time” really fast. My bandmates were tired of ending our sets with the same song, so there was kind of an uprising where they demanded something different to end our nights with. However, according to a 2010 interview with Hollywood Reporter, Wilson did write the song to be played as the final song at Semisonic’s shows. The bar’s getting ready to close, and if you want another drink you better scoot your butt over to the bar and place an order because it’s about to be too late.ĭan Wilson of Semisonic couldn’t have known that the song, which was released as the lead single off their 1998 album Feeling Strangely Fine, would go on to be so widely-recognized (though some falsely credit it to Third Eye Blind), even more than two decades since its release, as the universal bar closing anthem. When you hear the opening chords to Semisonic’s 1998 hit “Closing Time”, you know what it means.