#Semisonic closing time backstory movie#

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#Semisonic closing time backstory movie#

The song reappeared on the charts of three countries in 2011 after being featured in the 2011 movie Friends with Benefits and an episode of television sitcom The Office it attained its highest chart peaks in Australia and Ireland during this period. It is certified silver in the latter country and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999. The single reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and the top 50 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The ballad was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. 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. ' Closing Time' is a song by American rock band Semisonic.