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Feeling Strangely Fine by Semisonic
Feeling Strangely Fine is an album by Semisonic, released in 1998. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 77 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Closing Time”, on 57 lists with a best position of #4.
Feeling Strangely Fine, Semisonic's second album, came out on MCA in 1998 as the follow-up to Great Divide, and it's a clinic in making smart, bittersweet guitar pop sound effortless. Nick Launay produced, and the band cut it at Seedy Underbelly Studio in their home city of Minneapolis. It's the trio at full strength: Dan Wilson singing and playing guitar and keys, John Munson on bass, Jacob Slichter behind the drums.
"Closing Time" is the one everybody knows, a big, rolling singalong with a hook that won't leave the room, and it's still the song they're best known for. "Singing in My Sleep" and the more wistful "Secret Smile" followed it out as singles, and "Never You Mind" turned up in the 1999 film Never Been Kissed. All About Chemistry came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Feeling Strangely Fine on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Closing Time | 57 | #4 | – | 1998–2026 | |
| 2 | Singing In My Sleep | 12 | #59 | – | 1998–2025 | |
| 3 | Secret Smile | 8 | #7 | – | 1999–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.