It is kind of funny to be looking at it from another perspective. THR: As the person who wrote and sang “Closing Time,” how does it feel to see the song used as a gag?ĭan Wilson: I haven’t seen the film yet, but the trailer just made me laugh. THR got in touch with Wilson, now a successful songwriter for hire, who recently moved to Los Angeles, to talk about the song’s legacy. Long used to shoo out bar patrons who had overstayed their welcome, it’s now officially entered the realm of pop culture punchline, which, for singer Dan Wilson, is both a huge compliment and cause for pause.įortunately, not he nor the rest of the band, which includes drummer Jacob Slichter, define their lives by this one radio moment that never went away. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Thanks to the racy red band trailer for the forthcoming Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis rom-com “Friends with Benefits” - where a mid-coitus Kunis implores Timberlake to distract her with, what she calls, a Third Eye Blind song - Semisonic’s 1998 hit “Closing Time” is experiencing a renaissance of sorts.
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