Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Semisonic
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br /><small>([[List of best selling music artists|sales threshold]])</small> |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:30px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/semisonic/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Semisonic Chart History: ''Billboard'' 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=May 26, 2022}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="aus">Peaks in Australia: * "Closing Time": {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Semisonic|title=Discography Semisonic|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=July 26, 2021}} * "Feeling Strangely Fine" and "Singing in My Sleep": {{cite Ryan|page=248}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Results β RPM β Library and Archives Canada |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=semisonic&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs& | magazine=RPM |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Irish Albums Chart|IRL]]<br /><ref name="IRL">Peak chart positions in Ireland: *"For everything except noted": {{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Semisonic|title=Discography Semisonic|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=March 19, 2016}} *"Secret Smile": {{cite web|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Search for Semisonic|access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZL]]<br /><ref name="NZL">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Semisonic|title=Discography Semisonic|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=March 19, 2016}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name=":0"/> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Great Divide (Semisonic album)|Great Divide]]'' | * Release date: April 9, 1996 * Label: [[MCA Records|MCA]] | β || β || β || β || β || β | |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Feeling Strangely Fine]]'' | * Release date: March 24, 1998 * Label: MCA | 43 || 66 || 55 || 53 || 17 || 16 | * [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Platinum<ref name="RIAA albums">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=semisonic#search_section|title=RIAA β Gold & Platinum Semisonic certified albums|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=May 26, 2022}}</ref> * [[Music Canada|MC]]: Gold<ref name="MC albums">{{Cite web |title=Semisonic β MC certifications | date=September 29, 1998 |url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=semisonic|publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref> * [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Platinum<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Semisonic | access-date=September 3, 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[All About Chemistry]]'' | * Release date: March 13, 2001 * Label: MCA | 103 || β || β || 28 || β || 13 | |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Little Bit of Sun]]'' | * Release date: November 3, 2023 * Label: Pleasuresonic | β || β || β || β || β || β | |- | colspan="9" style="font-size:85%"| "β" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |} ===Live albums=== *''One Night at First Avenue'' (2003) ===EPs=== *''[[Pleasure (EP)|Pleasure EP]]'' (1995) *''[[You're Not Alone (Semisonic EP)|You're Not Alone]]'' (2020) ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Year ! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]] ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:30px;"| [[Radio Songs (chart)|US<br />Air.]]<br /><ref name="airplay">{{cite web|author=Billboard |title=Radio Songs Chart History β Semisonic |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=June 27, 1998 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/semisonic/chart-history/hsb/|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Alternative Songs|US<br />Alt]]<br /><ref name="alt">{{cite web|author=Billboard |title=Modern Rock Chart History β Semisonic |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=June 27, 1998 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/semisonic/chart-history/mrt/|access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|US<br />Main]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|author=Billboard |title=Mainstream Rock Chart History β Semisonic |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/semisonic/chart-history/rtt/|access-date=September 1, 2020 }}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Adult Alternative Songs|US<br />AAA]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|author=Billboard |title=Adult Alternative Airplay Chart History β Semisonic |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/semisonic/chart-history/aaa/|access-date=September 1, 2020 }}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="aus"/> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref>Peaks in Canada: * "Closing Time":{{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+68-No.+12-December+14%2C+1998.pdf |title=Closing Time Top Singles positions |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |access-date=June 15, 2010}} * "Secret Smile":{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Semisonic&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20 |title=Secret Smile Top Singles positions |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Irish Albums Chart|IRL]]<br /><ref name="IRL"/> ! style="width:30px;"| [[MegaCharts|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NLD">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Semisonic |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=May 25, 2022}}</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZL]]<br /><ref name="NZL"/> ! style="width:30px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|first=Tobias|last=Zywietz|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: DJ S β The System Of Life|publisher=Zobbel|access-date=May 30, 2011}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Down in Flames" | rowspan="3" | 1996 | β || β || 43<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-05-17.pdf|title=Radio & Records|date=May 17, 1996|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> || β || β || β || β || β || β || β | | rowspan="3" | ''Great Divide'' |- ! scope="row" | "If I Run" | β || 38<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-08-16.pdf|title=Radio & Records|date=August 16, 1996|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> || 25<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-09-20.pdf |title=Radio & Records|date=September 20, 1996|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> || β || β || β || β || β || β || β | |- ! scope="row" | "F.N.T." | β || 35<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-01-10.pdf|title=Radio & Records|date=January 10, 1997|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> || 30 || β || β || β || β || β || β || β | |- ! scope="row" | "[[Closing Time (Semisonic song)|Closing Time]]" | rowspan="2" | 1998 | 11 || 1 || 13 || 4 || 40 || 33 || 48 || 84 || 50 || 25 | * BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/> | rowspan="3" | ''Feeling Strangely Fine'' |- ! scope="row" | "[[Singing in My Sleep]]" | β || 11 || 31 || β || 70 || β || β || β || β || 39 | |- ! scope="row" | "[[Secret Smile (Semisonic song)|Secret Smile]]" | 1999 | β || 21 || β || 17 || β || 30 || 26 || β || β || 12 | * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/> |- ! scope="row" | "[[Chemistry (Semisonic song)|Chemistry]]" | rowspan = "2" | 2001 | β || 39 || β || 6 || β || β || 39 || 84 || 21 || 35 | | rowspan = "2" | ''All About Chemistry'' |- ! scope= "row" | "Get a Grip" | β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || 109 | |- ! scope="row" | "You're Not Alone" | 2020 | β || β || β || 14 || β || β || β || β || β || β | | ''You're Not Alone EP'' |- ! scope="row" | "Little Bit of Sun"/"Grow Your Own" | rowspan="3" | 2023 | β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β | | rowspan="3" | ''Little Bit of Sun'' |- ! scope="row" | "The Rope" | β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β | |- ! scope="row" | "Out of the Dirt" | β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β | |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "β" denotes releases that did not chart, or were not released in this territory. |} ===Soundtracks and compilations=== {{Unreferenced section|date= March 2016}} * Semisonic performed "[[Sugar, Sugar]]" with [[Mary Lou Lord]] on the 1995 tribute album ''[[Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits (album)|Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits]]'', produced by [[Ralph Sall]] for [[MCA Records]]. * Semisonic contributed the title song for the 1999 Kevin Costner movie ''[[For Love of the Game (film)|For Love of the Game]]''. * Multiple Semisonic songs were featured in episodes of the television sitcom ''[[Friends]]'', with "Delicious" and "Closing Time" later being featured in the soundtrack albums ''[[Music of Friends|Friends Again]]'' and ''[[Music of Friends|Friends: The Ultimate Soundtrack]]'' respectively. * "Over My Head", a bonus track on some editions of ''All About Chemistry'', was used in the 2001 teen flick ''[[Summer Catch]]''. *"Closing Time" appeared in the 2011 movie ''[[Friends with Benefits (film)|Friends with Benefits]]''. * In the fall of 2001, Semisonic contributed their cover of the [[Wings (band)|Wings]] song, "[[Jet (song)|Jet]]", for the [[Paul McCartney]] tribute CD ''Listen to What the Man Said''. * Wilson with [[Bic Runga]] contributed "[[Good Morning Baby (song)|Good Morning Baby]]" to the ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'' soundtrack in 1999. * "F.N.T." was featured in the 1996 movie ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' and the 1999 movie ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]''. * "Closing Time" was included in an episode of ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]''. It was also featured in the season finale of ''[[The Real World: Seattle]]''. * "Closing Time" is referenced in the Weird Al Yankovic montage "Polka Party!" in his 1999 groundbreaking album ''[[Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)|Running With Scissors]]''.
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)