Donald Trump’s administration has been slammed by the band Semisonic for utilizing their hit track “Closing Time” in a controversial deportation video shared on social media.
The White Home and Border Patrol’s official Instagram accounts posted a video displaying brokers looking out undocumented immigrants earlier than deportation, set to the group’s 1998 observe.
Their put up was captioned with lyrics from the track, studying: “‘You don’t should go house however you may’t keep right here’ @borderpatrol.”
Minneapolis-based band Semisonic has now responded to the usage of their music in an announcement to DailyMail.com.
They stated: “We didn’t authorize or condone the White Home’s use of our track in any means. And no, they didn’t ask.
“The track is about pleasure and potentialities and hope, and so they have missed the purpose completely.”
The observe was written by frontman Dan Wilson, 63, who has beforehand spoken about its which means.
In a 2018 interview with Billboard, the musician defined “Closing Time” was partially impressed by the delivery of his daughter, Coco.
He stated: “The blokes needed a brand new track to shut our units with. I assumed ‘Closing Time’ can be an excellent title.
“We had spent seven years of our lives at that time, 4 nights per week entertaining folks. That was our life.
Some bouncers yelling issues, closing time coming, all that imagery – actually, that’s how the track began.
“After which after I was midway finished, I began realizing the entire thing was a pun about being born, so I simply made certain that the remainder of the factor may journey with that double which means. However no one obtained the joke and I didn’t trouble to elucidate. I assumed everybody would get it.”
Dan has continued a profitable profession in songwriting and co-wrote the Grammy Award-winning 2011 Adele observe “Somebody Like You.”
“Closing Time” grew to become a serious hit within the late Nineties, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Trendy Rock Tracks chart and charting within the high 50 in Australia, Eire, New Zealand and the UK.
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