"Closing Time" is a song by American alternative rock band Semisonic. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. One of the band's most popular songs, 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.[3] It reached number-one on the Modern Rock Tracks. "Closing Time" has been featured in a number of films and television series in the following years after its release. In an article about the song's oddly enduring legacy and its use to punctuate comedic scenes, songwriter Dan Wilson believed the song had become "shorthand for that interesting feeling when you realize someone very different from you shares your cultural background", and that it is a song many people know but not everyone likes.[8] Film[edit] The song was featured in the 2010 film Due Date during a scene in which Danny McBride beats up the film's two protagonists. Wilson says that while he wasn't "bummed" about the song's usage in the film, he would not have approved said usage if he had been personally asked because the scene it was used in was very violent.[8] The song was prominently featured in the 2011 film Friends with Benefits where, in the climax, Justin Timberlake's character points out that the song is by Semisonic and not, as he previously believed, Third Eye Blind. The song was featured as background music for the 90s themed high school reunion in the 2012 film American Reunion. The song was featured as background music for the closing scenes of Freeriders, a 1998 extreme ski movie from Warren Miller. Television[edit] The song was played during the closing credits of the 1998 MTV Movie Awards broadcast. The song was referenced in the Soultaker episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. In 1999, "Closing Time" was heard right before the credits in the final episode of Melrose Place. The intro to "Closing Time" is briefly heard in the Friends episode "The One with Rachel's Date". It was also used during the NBC season 10 pre-finale special episode, titled "The One with All the Other Ones". The song was used in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "That '90s Show". The song appeared on the MTV cartoon series' Daria and Good Vibes. The chorus of "Closing Time" was used by the character of Barney Stinson in the episode "Three Days of Snow", the 13th episode in the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 77th overall. Barney quotes "Closing Time" after last call at MacLaren's. In a Season 8 episode of The Office titled "Doomsday", it is revealed that new manager Andy Bernard ends every work day by leading the office in singing "Closing Time". While no one in the office particularly likes the song (and Stanley Hudson admits his joy on hearing Andy sing it solely relates to his appreciation for anything that ends a workday), Wilson felt its usage on the show was enjoyable. The song was used in closing shot of the series finale of Rules of Engagement. The song was used during the closing shots (and quotes from it are used in a highly delayed break-up speech) in the sixth episode (Season 1) of The Goodwin Games. 'Closing Time" - Semisonic 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

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