Semisonic were an American rock band from Minneapolis, led by the songwriter Dan Wilson, and they made one of the most enduring radio anthems of the late 1990s. "Closing Time", released in 1998, was a melodic alt-rock singalong that became a fixture of last-call at bars everywhere, its parting refrain doubling, famously, as a meditation on birth and new beginnings.
The band had a devoted following and a strong catalogue, and Wilson went on to a hugely successful career writing for the likes of Adele and the Dixie Chicks. But under the Semisonic name, "Closing Time" stands far above the rest.
On streaming, it sits near 562 million plays, while their next most-streamed track, "Secret Smile", trails at around 62 million. That puts the ratio above 9, well past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Semisonic are a certified one-hit wonder. Theirs is a textbook late-90s alt-rock story: a band with real songs and a respected leader whose one perfectly judged anthem became so woven into a universal moment, the end of the night, that it has comfortably outlasted everything else they made.