
Semisonic’s Smash Hit ‘Closing Time’ Was Pro-Life Anthem, Writer Reveals
The 1998 number-one hit song “Closing Time” by the alternative rock band Semisonic seemed like just another feel-good, 1990s-style ballad about closing down a bar and looking for someone to go home with. It turns out it was writer Dan Wilson’s cryptic love song to his unborn daughter Coco.