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Semisonic is a power pop/alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. Known for their signature song "Closing Time", the band members are Dan Wilson (guitar/vocals), John Munson (bass), and Jacob Slichter (drums). Although on hiatus since the early-00s, sporadic reunions have occurred.

After the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Dan Wilson and John Munson joined up with drummer Jacob "Jake" Slichter to form Semisonic in 1995. An E.P. Read Full BioSemisonic is a power pop/alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. Known for their signature song "Closing Time", the band members are Dan Wilson (guitar/vocals), John Munson (bass), and Jacob Slichter (drums). Although on hiatus since the early-00s, sporadic reunions have occurred.

After the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Dan Wilson and John Munson joined up with drummer Jacob "Jake" Slichter to form Semisonic in 1995. An E.P., Pleasure, was released that year, and their first studio full-length release, Great Divide, followed in 1996 on MCA. Although they drew a cult following among 90s powerpop fans, mainstream success eluded the group.

Semisonic's breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their sophomore effort, Feeling Strangely Fine, reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single "Closing Time". Their international career also blossomed when another song from the album, "Secret Smile," quickly became a U.K. radio favourite in the summer of 1999, eventually peaking at #13 on the official U.K. Singles Chart.

In early 2001, the band released its third album, All About Chemistry. The single "Chemistry" was a mainstay overseas; however, the album didn't fare as well in the United States. Another song, "Over My Head," was used in the 2001 teen movie Summer Catch, and Semisonic rode the wave of various tours in and around the U.K. In the fall of 2001, Semisonic contributed their cover of the Wings classic, "Jet," for the Paul McCartney tribute CD, Listen to What the Man Said.

Semisonic has been mostly on hiatus since 2001. Band members have since pursued other projects, such as Slichter's writing career and Wilson's solo recordings They performed for the first time in years on July 14, 2006 for the Minneapolis Aquatennial. They have also been spotted performing for private parties in basements. Dan Wilson's talented songwriting has lead to massively popular collaborations with Adele and other artists.

* The song "F.N.T." was used in the 1996 movie The Long Kiss Goodnight.
* "F.N.T." was also used in the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate about You.
* "Never You Mind" appeared on the Never Been Kissed soundtrack in 1999.
* "Chemistry" appeared on the 40 Days and 40 Nights soundtrack in 2002.

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Closing Time
Semisonic Lyrics

Closing time
Open all the doors and let you out into the world
Closing time
Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl
Closing time
One last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from
Closing time
This room won't be open 'til your brothers or your sisters come
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend

Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end, yeah

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Dan Wilson

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Ma E

29w↑81

"Closing Time"

Closing time, open all the doors
And let you out into the world
Closing time, turn all of the lights on
Over every boy and every girl

Closing time, one last call for alcohol
So, finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time, you don't have to go home
But you can't stay here

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time, time for you to go out
To the places you will be from
Closing time, this room won't be open
Till your brothers or your sisters come

So, gather up your jackets, move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend
Closing time, every new beginning
Comes from some other beginning's end, yeah

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time, time for you to go out
To the places you will be from

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home

Closing time, every new beginning
Comes from some other beginning's end

Max Palmer

7w↑2

As each day goes by I just wish I was a kid in the 90’s cause of all the great music that came out back then
I was born in 1999

I listen to 90’s rock at noisome
Nirvana
Our lady peace
Soundgarden
Alice In Chains
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
korn
Limpbizkit
bush
Deftones
Tool
Filter
Pantera
Stone temple pilots

Got it all on repeat

Silvana Esquivel Cuenca

6y↑408

Closing time
Open all the doors and let you out into the world
Closing time
Turn the lights up over every boy and every girl.
Closing time
One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer.
Closing time
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home

Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from.
Closing time
This room won't be open 'til your brothers or you sisters come.
So gather up your jackets, and move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend.

Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Yeah, I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home

Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from

I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home

I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
I know who I want to take me home.
Take me home

Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

All comments from YouTube:

Good Guitarist

4y↑1.2K

Currently the most played last song at weddings (since so many who came of age in the 90's are now getting hitched!)

Mariam Dupont

I kept this off my wedding music list.

MONZONE

This song inspired me to make a song that is inspired by love. If you want to listen to it here is the link: https://youtu.be/3Wo0zFPt_t0

Thank you!

Lincoln’s Ghost

Or their kids are getting married.

mccullough87

Not this kid

Joshua Pittman

@Jake Austin this comment gave my eyes syphilis…

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Tsuzyx

36w↑996

Today, 06/03/2022, was the last day that I worked at one of the most enjoyable places I have ever worked at. I played this song on loop while doing my closing procedures, and I legit cried. I never thought I'd cry for something like this, but I cried. I loved this job, and I loved all of my coworkers, amazing, phenomenal people. I'm gonna miss it. But I'm moving on to bigger things

Tina Renee

Rite of passage

I_just_slayed

That’s my birthday

Sakawn Straw

hope everything worked out for you buddy.

landon langley

u earned my respect

Shayden Hornsby

❤❤❤❤

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Pluvillion

20w↑222

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

A new journey ends, a new one starts, the cycle goes on. I love that message.

Tigre Samurai

This song is a metaphor for a childbirth after all

Yesica1993

16w↑2

I was just thinking how much I love that line.

Alexander V. Domanski

5w↑72

I feel like the 90's and 200's were the last breath of truly incredible music. I honestly pray that we'll see incredible songs like this.

Nalo

4w↑11

There are dozens of bands and music producers that are pumping out incredible music to this day - most people just aren't looking for it

Ricochet

5w↑11

Sadly, people who control music labels and movies aren't the same people. Now, they're all pushing different social and political agendas. It used to be about talent and good quality art. It's no longer that way.

76Superdude

36w↑332

I remember this coming out in 1998 when I was 22,it just caught my attention.
I’m 46 now and it still catches my attention with a smile of a time long ago when all songs sounded as good as this.
Wish there was still bands like this making music,we al need that little smile they bring.

Malaki Sands

I was working at a Bar in Rochester NY when this came out. So many memories

Chastity Faye

I was born in ‘98.. I’m 24 now & hearing this song for the first time gives me nostalgia. It feels good to listen to & wonder about the good ole’ days.

Jay

I’m young I was born in 98 but I still love listening to the song

Elba Calliste

13w

I was 15, now am 39 will be 40 in the next few weeks

Clarissa Pullen

15w↑1

The Barenaked Ladies are currently touring, so this kind of music does still have an audience.

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Lion Martell

3y↑8.9K

In 71 years it will be the 90s again. Be patient boys and girls.

Big YouTuber01

😂😂😂😂😂😂

listeningtosludgemetalgrunge

dude im 16 and probably gonna miss it LMAO

Rakotoarivelo Hasina

68years to go now :D

361leaguehead

A decade ahead of it's time

KOTOR Extraordinaire

Yeah, but it won't be as good as the last time.

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Maya Zaczac

26w↑419

It took me 6 years after listening to this song for the first time to realize that it's not about an actual place closing; it's about life...letting go and moving to new chapters.

wamu lume

@john kaminski I see. All this time I thought their baby died. Noted and thanks.

john kaminski

5w↑1

@wamu lume his daughter did not die but was extremely premature. I believe she was 3 months premature. And a fun note is the day this song hit the radio was the day they were able to take her home after about a year in the hospital.; knowing that makes that song hit on an entirely diferent level.

Österreichisches Generalkonsulat Windhoek, Namibia

That's right that song is not about the closing of a bar but about life people mistake it listen to the lyrics again carefully you will find out that it's not about a bar but life issues

a

@Katy Kaboom that one was obvious

a

@MEV this shit fire

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Andrew Maguire

41w↑214

An absolute classic that still gives me goosebumps in 2022.

Jairo Pinto

tamo junto demais

Ryan H

12w

Same :)

A. Heady

34w↑1

🤘

Keatonisballin

40w↑601

The vibes from this song man. So much nostalgia. I miss the 90s.

thesnoopmeister Snoops

Yes. The 80s were an awful time for everyone because there was no cure for AIDS.

Mat Changgas

❤❤❤❤😢

Jill McClellan

6w↑1

I love this song. We played it every night when we closed All Bar One, Chelsea in the summer/fall 98, when I bartended there on a short student visa.
It's still my "cleaning jam"

Jeannette Espinoza

12w

same

Iago Martínez de Alegría Madera

14w

I mean homophobia and transphobia was the norm, HIV was still a death sentence but I'm an able body strigth white male soooo

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Christian Prayer and Devotion Channel

3w↑13

This was the soundtrack of my time in law school 25 years ago. I felt like I was in prison since I was studying pretty much on a 24/7 basis. On the weekends, my friends and I would go bar hopping, salsa dancing, raving, etc. What kept me sane was my morning routine of biking through Golden Gate Park all the way to Ocean Beach. It turns out those were some of the best years of my life. What did I learn? Besides adverse possession, promissory estoppel, personal jurisdiction, etc I learned that LIFE IS TO BE LIVED IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. The moment you allow yourself to believe that your HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT can only be attained in the future, you've condemned yourself to misery. Talk about robbing the present of all its joy. Now, as a father, I savor every moment I have with my kid. I share his joy in all the small things.

Roddy Boethius

Keep it up. This is a great song!

Adam Jackson

2y↑3.8K

"I never hear that song before, and once I heard it I did not care for it. But that song means it's time to go home. Now, it's my favourite song." - Stanley Hudson

Curtis Cross

You don't have to go home but I don't know who I want to take mee home ~ guess I'll just sneak 🔙 🙊✨🌟⭐

Zachary Rogers

3w↑1

It's a lonely world

ТОЛКАТЕЛИ ПАДАЮЩИХ

I got really paranoid when this song played in a bar where i got so high from weed. I don't know why, but i thought they close the bar because of me and i ran away from bar exactly at the end of the song. People were surprised and continued their drinks and joints.

But next day i found this song on YouTube and laughed about my craziness🤣🤣🤣

Priyanka Mehta

@ash brophy ppppp⁰0

Jamarcus Durden

8w↑2

@Caveman Industries AGREED 🥹

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Joey Ray

22w↑80

Yes when I closed my Semi door for the last time after 25 years over the road I turned this music up, and tears filled my eyes. I retired December 2009. Sold my truck in Sept 2010. Still miss it today. Still listen to this song often. Yes always on my play list. Jam the JBL in my Motor Coach. I am now 58 years old. Take care everyone. Joey

John Reichert

8w↑1

I did the same thing in 2012 10yrs military 23yrs over the road owner operator. gets in your blood but trucking has been ruined by gov and the big 3

Nina

16w

Good you can retire!

user 9429450

18w

Thanks for sharing

Joe Newton

20w↑2

how you getting on joey

SassyFras40 **

20w↑8

Me too Joey! At least you are here with us to make this beautiful comment! God bless And appreciate each day he gives us.

luana

2w↑10

amo essa música ❤🇧🇷

Ma E

29w↑81

Crisenson

4w↑2

Bedankt! Thank you for your effort!

Jack Miller

8w↑2

Thanks for the lyrics!!❤❤

J.H_88

13w↑2

Obrigado por postar a letra

J Arguelles95

1w↑3

One of my all time favorite songs 😁👍

Jsden

4y↑9K

I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

Daniel Walker

I used to think that a lot…until about two years ago, I decided to stop thinking that and make now my good ol days. Sure enough the past two years have been the best years of my life!

Daniel Browning

@Ashley Parkyn 1

MrHooch55

That's why we are here.

Gerardo Flores

10w

@Ashley Parkyn

Rose Powell

17w

This would be sad but there is. It's called every day

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Justin Spliedt

41w↑142

90s music was the best time for music. Pure talent and musicianship.

Revelator

80's Sorry

Laura Tagliarini

só os melhores anos

oakeysmokey

9w↑1

the 70's
bro

Howard Knudsen

4w↑12

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." This meant a lot to me throughout life. My failures, my victories. The dharma wheel keeps turning.

Dublupz

15w↑50

Close to 2 years clean and sober and this song is hittin me right in the feels it's 10:22 PM Friday here in Australia and i'm layin in bed alone cryin to this thinkin of all the memories i had growin up...

Dublupz

10w↑2

@David Macleod Thank you David i am going through the motions as they would say. Hope you and the family and friends are doing well.

David Macleod

10w↑2

Hope you're well my friend.

Dublupz

13w↑2

@Emily Magyar thank you Emily and I hope you too have a lovely day. 😊

Emily Magyar

13w↑3

Congratulations on staying sober! Life is so much better when you can actually experience it. I hope that that is the truth that you’ve discovered for yourself over the last few years. This song does something similar for me! It makes me nostalgic for when things were more simple. I’m so glad that I have those memories though. I hope you have a great day ❤️

Claudia A.

30w↑28

This song makes me feel 20 years old all over again! Sweetest memories ever ❤️

Chastity Faye

That’s beautiful ❤

BagginsNZ

2y↑2.8K

Used to work at a bar, an Irish pub that played this song at closing each night, the vomit, the blood, the tears and the thrills are all gone, but the memories are still there. Shout out to the old bar staff out there, some of the best years of my life.

philip dufour

I love when music or a certain song holds a memory like that. Every time you listen to it it brings you back to those days.

Univorse

Same happened at Molly Maguires Camden Australia in the late 90's. Those days were a great time.

Raymond Armon

Vomit, blood, and tears huh? Probably why I don't drink alcohol.

homeslice adams

3w↑1

Dude.. im not even fucking kidding. The reason why i looked this song up i jist searched "closing time lyrics" its cause tonight at the bar i work beside at sasquatch mountain resort played this and the lights were flickered 3 times, i thought it was so cool.

Calvin Dusava

Same closing up bars is hard

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Ginger Sling

30w↑26

i’ve been putting this as the final track on all of my house party playlists for years. works like a charm every time. 😎

jeanette taurozzi

6w↑7

Oh wow another song from late 90s and early 2000s that makes me miss that time period so so much! Music back then was so amazing.

Vince Lupi

We need a time machine

Moises Chagas santos

6w↑6

Uma das melhores músicas dos dias atuais.

Glenn Sutter

2w↑1

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

That line speaks to me more than almost any other line from any other song. It’s a such a beautiful thought… so much of life is a new thing sprouting from the ground fed by the death of an older thing… it makes me cry tears of joy.

jonah d.

3y↑1.7K

“People underestimate the power of nostalgia. Nostalgia is truly one of the great weaknesses, second only to the neck.”

Tristan O’Brian

17w

absolutely right

Arucard Dimples

47w↑1

@Levi Luke Love can ideed be a weakness. I don't think it is on principle but anything that has that strong emotional effect can be a weakness if someone in the know has the desire to use it against you. Not only that but love can break a person in ways physical harm cannot.

Jonathan Cox

Those who forget their past are condemned to repeat it

bizotically_yours83

Haha. That's an interesting quote

Blessed Virgin Mary Is Queen

@VanishedHD Could never figure out how to hit a curveball or catch a fly ball, could you?!

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Every day

19w↑10

Once you hear the song, it stays in your mind and then you have to play it again. Great song. Never gets old.

incubrian

42w↑33

i never really paid attention to all that's going on in the video, and wow the ending, when you miss out on a girl, but your band buddies are still there to put their arm around you through it all.

fucking awesome. you don't see music videos like this anymore.

Marcelo Izukawa

41w↑31

Me lembro de ter pego emprestado o CD das 7 melhores da jovem pan e essa era umas das músicas.
E gravei na fita cassete e ouvia sem parar.
Bons tempos....

黒い騎士

28w↑14

Aw man, I remember during my college days, after working out at the gym, I would be in the locker room to pack up, and this song would always be playing 10 minutes prior to the gym closing. Brings back memories.

jacob9399

1y↑2K

Back in 2014, as I was entering high school, I made a promise to myself that I would only listen to this song at the end of each semester I completed, kind of as a little reward for getting through it. Mainly due to the line "every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end." This sounds silly but it helped ease some anxiety for the next semester, just look at it as a "new beginning." Today I have graduated college. I don't know where life is going to take me, but I look forward to this new beginning as this other beginning ends.

Squirrel Attackspidy

20w

Hopefully not a career as a barista.

黃俊銘

23w

THANKS, THESE WORDS REALLY CHEER ME UP!

ElaineAleshiaD deTJones

24w

@YouTube Vanced truly a great song. Filled with bittersweet sentiments throughout

PeP

24w

@uverpro that's amazing dude I wish you the best

uverpro

24w↑1

Damn dude, I was suppose to graduate high school in 2004. Dropped out and got my GED a few years later. Started college in 2009 and thought “man I’m so old”, 2022 and I still haven’t finished my bachelors. Keep on truckin’! That’s quite the accomplishments right out of the bat.

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gary Baltiejus

38w↑38

Nothing will beat 1980,s/1990,s music scene it was the best decades of all-time

Naomi Tapper

5w↑6

Played this for the very last song at our wedding reception 💜

Up2 Me

Yoink I'm stealing that idea. It's kinda a perfect closer for that.

Jt Records

39w↑28

I’m currently 19 and I feel like this is gonna be one of theme songs in my 20s

Julix Pinguimon

32w↑1

Hopefully

Mitchell Wagoner

34w↑14

I like this song and the message it sends. It says that you have to close one door in order for another one to open. Right now, I’m having trouble accepting that I have to close a certain door, but I also have to realize that I’m moving on to bigger things. Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.

Aaron Warwick

27w↑1

Technically this song is about giving birth.

I_would prefer_not_to

30w↑6

Wow, didn't appreciate this song back in the day but I now hear its amazingness! 👍

Stina Michelle

4w↑9

Riding in the car with my mom lookin out the window as a kid now I'm 30. Man good times 90s will always be the shit and y2k. Best years

Oye Ogun

3w↑13

I am an African. But this song makes me feel somehow. It's a mixture of pleasure, sadness, ectacy and gloom. The guitar instrumentals, for me, is out of this world. It's spiritual.

Roddy Boethius

Greetings from America, friend

Fred Leinweber

3w↑8

Race and ethnicity do not matter my friend. You simply enjoy a good song.

Jevantae Davis

15w↑8

It gives instant 90’s vibes just give u chills of every late 90’s to early 2000s movies soundtrack. 🤩

D Owens

49w↑1.1K

The mid-to-late 90's were a bittersweet soul-searching time and this song wistfully embodies that feeling.

austin grayson

Wow.

austin grayson

Wow.

Caleb Gurrera

I hear that

Dan the man

10w↑2

RAHHHHH BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY REFERENCE.!?!!11?11,

Chauvin Took a knee 4blm

12w

Exactly. You get it

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Ana Paula

4w↑4

Vim por causa da série “The Office” 😍😍😍😍 e estou adorando essa música

Kartikey Dhyani

39w↑8

This song used to play at SMU, during my Masters when the University library was about to close.
Still gives a warm yet fuzzy feeling by taking me back, and yet making endings sound beautiful, atleast momentarily.

Clayton Colabuoni

2w↑1

Nostálgico!

LisaRoxan

34w↑7

Sometimes you just have to go back and listen to songs like this...for your mental health and that.
I really needed this today 🥰

Christopher

4y↑1.6K

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

That’s exactly what I needed to hear right now

Just another Loki stan

❤️🍀

Kelley Stanford

49w

Anyone else wish we could comment on old YouTube comments and tell em what's about to happen. Buckle up for the pandemic bro.

Casey Stenzel

1y↑1

Me too.

Lucius

I don’t get that

genericrandom64

3y↑1

A M that was absolutely unprovoked

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Max Palmer

7w↑2

Dawakat

25w↑5

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end" A quote I think of all the time, I was a kid when this song came out and its message has changed so much since then

Chloe♡

12w↑3

Never gets old 😊🔊🎶

LORENA MILAGRITOS SANCHEZ SANCHEZ

15w↑3

Es primera vez que la escucho, me encantó!! 🥰

J.H_88

15w↑1

Eu também

OzzyInSpace

15w↑5

This isn't just a song; it's a way of life.

Tobi Ojo

11w↑4

Awesome song and the message in the song is once a door is closed, another one will open.

Eliza Toponce

33w↑6

They play this song at my work and it makes me feel happy, I went though a really bad breakup and came out of it when I developed feelings for my co worker, this song makes me think of not only getting out of work at the end of the day, but getting out of that bad relationship and having better ones ahead of me

Janet Moore

14w↑2

Great memories a lot good times . They played at the end of closing time at the bar. Memories that never be forgotten. Great song.

Benny Vu

2y↑4.2K

“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”

-Andy Bernard

Dustin Rudolph

34w

No doubt

w a

35w

Probably one of the most accurate quotes I have ever read...

Cornelio Jerez

39w

I suppose the key is to live in the present with gratitude - in spite of the nonsense going on at the moment.

bodhid

41w

I knew the best years were happening at the time: I spent 3 years travelling round the world with an amazing woman, seeing, doing, living special times in special places. I've never felt so alive to life's possibilities as I did during that period.

Daniel Bradford

42w

It only takes one great day to make your life, and one really bad day to break it.

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sonshimomokimgame

3w↑1

my favorite 90's song ! i'm 48 years old and still love this ♪

José Sinésio Rodrigues

16w↑2

Esta música me trás ótimas lembranças. Saudades!!!!!... Greetings from Brazil!

Tom Oliver

4w↑1

I managed a bar for a long time and always had my dj play this for last call.
Everyone seemed to chill and along with singing here usually no issues + I always sang the loudest!!

YoSoyPro

39w↑8

I was 14 when this song came out. The feelers are still there.

Nickiix.

9w↑3

I remember hearing this every closing time at a mall, really nostalgic..

PainAndMisery

41w↑33

LMAOO funny story,, my father has the mind of 25 year old and he's 49.
Every occasion and every party he throws for holidays, birthdays etc.. and when he is tired of everyone drinking and ready for everyone to clear out and go home, he will play this song 😂😂 it literally is known inside of our friend groups that when THIS SONG COMES ON, WE GOTTA GO 😂😂❤ LOVE YOU POPS!!! We all respect this notion when the song comes on 😂😂

Crystal Jackson

41w↑1

That's a cute story ! And your father sounds cool

Lucas Bezerra Matias

43w↑4

Era para poder dar o curtir várias vezes, escuto sempre essa música!

Ian Curtis

21w↑1

Uma das melhores músicas que eu já ouvi na vida ♥️

Silvana Esquivel Cuenca

6y↑408

Daddy Gomez

36w

Closing time

GenZ Conservative ♀️

48w

Thank google

RedRose Bonganay

Up...
Day is just starting but...🤣

Turok

Thanks Silvana!!!

jaka s.

😎

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Paul Hughes

12w↑4

I played in original bands from late 70’s-90’s. Closing time was the moment when the bright house lights came on and when they started to kick everyone out. Who were you leaving with? This song brings me back to that exact feeling. Great memories!

Paul Hughes

12w

@The Alternative I only take good deals

The Alternative

12w

Can you close the deal with the girl or are you going home alone again?

NickgFilmz

40w↑3

Can’t count how many times I’ve heard this song over the years. I work a part time job at a bowling alley and we play this every night at close. I know every line to this song after hearing it 5 days a week for 8 years. It’s funny because at close we shut all the lanes off and this song is just blasting throughout the lanes and people still try to bowl even though we shut their lanes off

Dan Golz

23w↑2

One of the greatest songs of all time.

nokrita

6w↑5

Classic. I just realized, it is perfect song to end the year.

David Matheny

2y↑888

It is amazing how many people do not know the genuine reason behind the lead singer writing this song. He was finally married about to have the birth of his first child. It was sort of the idea of closing the door to one chapter of his life and entering into the adventure of parenthood and wanting the best for his child.

Christopher Nersesian

40w

@Joe close the book leaving off from that chapter in ones life

tiacat11

42w

I'm honestly kind of surprised, no one else I knew agreed with me, but I also thought it was about having a kid when I first heard it. But I guess that's the beauty of music, right? It touches everyone differently.

Motus Hominis

43w

Acho que música pode ter um significado diferente para cada pessoa. Cada um interpreta de uma maneira.

Ashley Michon

43w

@Rooish "Time for you to go out to the places you WILL BE FROM." "This room won't be open till your BROTHERS OR YOUR SISTERS COME." The baby stuff is definitely there.

Megan Vogel

45w

This is amazing. My husband and I just talked about how it felt like this song meant this sort of thing.

Think about the rush of fresh air and oxygen you feel upon leaving a bar and entering the cold night. You didn’t realize how much you needed to breathe, but it is still abrupt, sometimes uncomfortable, but must happen for you to make it home.

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Shannon Paluchniak

6w↑1

This song will forever have the sweetest spot in my heart😏😏and memories

Mr Gory

9w↑1

This was my son’s music in his teens and reminds me of those times😊

So. Central Rain

23w↑1

The bittersweet and gorgeous melody and the quiet singing voice will touch your heart.
I love this song♥️

Frank Nava

40w↑6

I've neve heard this song in my life, but when it comes on it means going home; now its my favorite song.

Paul Sutherland

8y↑1.7K

in 1999 I was on a plane moving back to the States after 14 life alteringly amazing months living in the uk This track came on the in-flight radio i was listening to. For the last 15 years, this has served as a huge bookmark in my memories, this track. Absolutely serves as a line between everything that was before and after for a big part of my life. "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end" was so poignant and exactly how i felt at that moment. I really appreciated and still do this song. thanks for letting me listen to it tonight.

Jorge Pelayo

This song was i was playing when I was moving to Brazil back in 98. Ironic 😊

Paranoid Owl

Wish I can upvote this many times

Jacob Paduch

How did the UK change you and your life would you say .. I love how you put that by the way especially when read over the song playing

James Madison

you the man

Xavy Mateo

play alone

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Corvus 2

21w↑2

So many songs from the mid to late 90s are like this, incredibly easy to listen to, equal parts melancholy, wistful and hopeful and if you were alive the added levels of nostalgia just make it so fun to listen to though as I get older I get a bit sad when I hear these songs

Edward

39w↑4

Thank you Mr. Vang for the awesome 8th grade middle school memories in 2012 after school. You played awesome songs on Pandora and inspired us all to pursue big things in life. This song will always be a memory of endings and new beginnings. I graduate from College this Spring 2022. Thank you.

Viktor Silva

21w↑2

Música maravilhosa! Ah, anos 90, eu era extremamente feliz e não sabia! Queria ter uma máquina do tempo para retroceder a essa época.

Diego Santos

21w

Verdade

Jelly Villain Squirrel

5w↑5

My parents used to play this in the car when we drove on roadtrips when i was little, but they dont play it as much anymore

Im only in highschool, so this nostalgia is different but it still hits man

RobynLiebs

22w↑4

My university’s library plays this song every day when it closes. It motivates me to study just to hear this song.

Edwin Koh

10w

Which country is your Uni in?

Shayden Hornsby

13w

Rafael Vargas

33w↑1

Meu irmão curtia mto esse som. Descanse em paz, Alan.

C J

31w↑1

Gotta be the most nostalgic song of all time if you grew up in the early 2000s

Kizzy K

27w

This song gets me every time I love it so much

Jim Villanueva

2y↑125

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end”

Such a genius line

AliveFire123

38w

Its not particularly a genius line just something that makes sense

Jennifer Bullett

39w↑1

That line is my absolute favorite. 🙌🙌🙌

VideoGameFools

32w↑1

I wasn't even born when this song released, but every year in the early 2000's my family would go upstate in NY for vacation in the Syracuse area, and my dad who was a pretty big musician and producer in the area would play the whole "Feeling Strangely Fine" album all the way there on CD. Man... taught me so much about music at such a young age.

zenone

28w↑3

The start up of this song has always been sort of haunting / mysterious for me ...and now hearing it at this stage of my life I appreciate the entire song and the subliminal message it sends....

Dianne Kelly

7w↑1

I like this song, it takes me back in time during my party days.

SDP The Ghost

34w↑2

I’m unemployed, but I still love this song

D.R. R

7y↑3.9K

This song closed out the 90's in perfection.

Sam G

Daymon Rondino It closed out the MILLENIUM in perfection

Pat O Regan

I used to work as a bouncer back then and I used to love when this song came on.😁

Brent Becroft

Daymon Rondino, possibly the best comment here.

Sarah

😍😘

Mark Medino

4y↑1

OMG you nailed it

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algundiaveras

9w↑2

Estuve buscando esta canción y hoy al fin la encontré😊😊😊

Jimmy C

35w↑7

I was a jr in college, It was 2 am, bar was closing. I walked up to the senior I had a crush on since freshman year. I told her. She kissed me and we left together . This was playing and will always be etched in my memory

Brendan8

39w↑6

i was in a card shop a little past closing and the person behind the counter just played this on loop louder and louder each time, it was great

Brendan8

38w

Shops fault for putting a no forfeiting rule in the commander league, someone had the game on lock so no one else could do anything amd it was taking forever for him to find his win con

Alberto

38w

mustve really wanted you guys to get out the shop lol

Jenny L

38w↑4

It's even more fun listening to this song when you know what he actually was writing the song about! The artist is so creative.

The Blakley Effect

38w↑1

40 weeks pregnant today. Listening to this song for that reason lol move it to the exit!

RedStickHam

2y↑156

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."- I love that line because it is so true.

Andy Azuchi

46w↑2

Me too. Checked their Wiki page and this is a quote from a Roman Stoic philosopher named Seneca apparently.

Mick Galbiati

47w↑1

Socrate, a greek Philosopher

Una Flor

48w↑2

Utterly profound.

Robert Baxter

2y↑4

It sounds like something Alan Watts would say

M F

19w↑1

Song holds up pretty well reinforced with nostalgia by being played at last call in every bar i’ve ever been to

Michele Fligel

17w↑2

Vivid Melrose Place finale vibes. Got goosebumps... There will never be tv shows or films as classic as those in the 90's. People kept it so much more real those days. Where's my time machine????? 😜😆😋💯☮️❤️😇

prm1394

29w↑3

I ran a club in NYC for many years at the end of the night my DeeJay would always play it, everyone knew what to do and always left with a smile on their face. Best way to end a night, miss those nights.

Benjamin_allison.23

18w↑1

Las buenas canciones nunca pasarán de moda...

Brian Carpenter

5y↑1.1K

Nostalgia: its delicate, but potent. In Greek, "nostalgia" literally means "the pain from an old wound." It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone; a feeling of a place where we ache to go again. -Don Draper

Devada

how come nostalgia translates to "the pain from an old wound." but nostalgia is not usually from a painful memory but a good one.

Scentsicle Stylings

@Jonathan Avis you sound like a joyless arsehole who can't let others enjoy their emotions

Matt Brydges

Nostalgia seems to be built powerfully in certain songs

G FM

Saudade in Portuguese ❤️

Guido Rodríguez

4y↑1

My grandma feels nostalgia in her knee when is about to rain

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claud fraser

20w

The Opening Bars and Riff to this song just gives me CRAZZY Goose bumps I LUV IT ❤❤

Davalene Livingston

1w↑1

This song was popular when I lived in Seattle along with bands like Sound Garden and Nirvana and I decided to stop drinking and partying. It's true how every new beginning comes from another's new beginning's end. Glad that I made a decision. I smiled when I heard it and thought, OK, I was young then and now I'm a bit wiser.