Closing Time
Song by Semisonic
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Nov 5, 2026
Rachel MaddowHOST
She never came out and said anything at all to the crowd.
Rachel MaddowHOST
Her staff literally put the song Closing Time by Semisonic on the PA system and then just started packing up all the chairs without saying anything.
Rachel MaddowHOST
You know who else lost by seven points? Excuse me.
Rachel MaddowHOST
You know who else won by seven points? Abdul Al Sayed in Michigan.
Rachel MaddowHOST
She never came out and said anything at all to the crowd.
Rachel MaddowHOST
Her staff literally put the song Closing Time by Semisonic on the PA system and then just started packing up all the chairs without saying anything.
Rachel MaddowHOST
You know who else lost by seven points? Excuse me.
Rachel MaddowHOST
You know who else won by seven points? Abdul Al Sayed in Michigan.
Rachel MaddowHOST
She never came out and said anything at all to the crowd.
Rachel MaddowHOST
Her staff literally put the song Closing Time by Semisonic on the PA system and then just started packing up all the chairs without saying anything.
Rachel MaddowHOST
You know who else lost by seven points? Excuse me, you know who else won by seven points? Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.
Rachel MaddowHOST
This, I should mention, was Abdul El-Sayed six months ago yesterday, promising that if he became the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, and I'm going to quote him exactly here, here's him six months ago promising, quote, I'll smoke him by seven, meaning I will beat Mike Rogers by seven points.
Tom JokicHOST
So which song are we going to talk about this time?
Alan CrossGUEST
Well, let's talk about Closing Time from Semisonic, which came out in 1998.
Alan CrossGUEST
And it was a massive hit.
Alan CrossGUEST
It started at Alternative Radio and then crossed over to a bunch of different formats, became a big pop single.
Alan CrossGUEST
And it was successful a second time, too, when it showed up in a movie called Friends with Benefits.
Tom JokicHOST
Oh, I remember that.
Tom JokicHOST
The Justin Timberlake character says that closing time is by third eye blind and becomes a running joke in the movie.
Alan CrossGUEST
Right.
SteveHOST
so...
KyleHOST
It's closing time.
KyleHOST
Close up all your doors and let yourself out into the world.
KyleHOST
Something like that.
KyleHOST
lyrics this is just open on the chorus two I still don't know the
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words
KyleHOST
closing time it's the next one we need the jumbotron for this man This isn't the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
KyleHOST
I haven't heard this song in full in 20 years.
Joe O'BrienHOST
Sorry.
Joe O'BrienHOST
We start hearing- Uh, the first chords to Closing Time by Semisonic.
Joe O'BrienHOST
[laughs] Remember Closing Time? [laughs]
Mary LouPANELIST
Closing Time.
Joe O'BrienHOST
Closing Time.
Joe O'BrienHOST
So this, this music starts playing as, like, the band, you know, the, the drinking is dwindling down.
Joe O'BrienHOST
[laughs] People are hugging and laughing.
Joe O'BrienHOST
God, I forgot about that.
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X. Adam Brown.
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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
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Closing time One last call for alcohol So finish your
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whiskey or beer Closing time You don't have to go home But you can't stay here want to take me home.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
I know who I want to take me home.
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I know who I want to take me home.
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Take me home.
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Closing time.
BTHOST
So one of the kids put that in, right, which I thought was brilliant.
BTHOST
Meggie's was a quote from a semi-sonic song called Closing Time.
BTHOST
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
BTHOST
So she's got that as her quote.
BTHOST
We love that line, right?
AndrewHOST
Closing time.
AndrewHOST
That's it.
AndrewHOST
That's it.
TommyGUEST
Two, I'm gonna take my pants off.
TommyGUEST
Three, I'm gonna play Closing Time by Semisonic on the speakers, and that means get out of my house.
Daniel GuadagnoHOST
Why don't you just tell people that you're gonna go to bed or something?
TommyGUEST
I mean, but, but people know that that's what I do, so maybe, maybe they like just seeing me walk around in my boxers.
13 MINS LATER
Daniel GuadagnoHOST
Much appreciated.
Daniel GuadagnoHOST
The, the...
Daniel GuadagnoHOST
It's closing time is on.
Daniel GuadagnoHOST
The pants are off.
LisaAUDIENCE
Hi, Howie.
LisaAUDIENCE
Uh, I, I can't resist playing that song Closing Time by Semisonic.
LisaAUDIENCE
That's kinda stuck in my head in regards to these people.
LisaAUDIENCE
A- Ilhan Omar, maybe you should play it.
LisaAUDIENCE
It's closing time, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
Howie CarrHOST
But you can't stay here.
Howie CarrHOST
[laughs]
LisaAUDIENCE
[laughs] It's closing time, so finish your whiskey and beer.
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