Daniel Dodd "Dan" Wilson (born May 20, 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, Grammy-winning songwriter and producer. He is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the band Semisonic, for which he wrote the hits "Secret Smile," "Closing Time," and "Chemistry." He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999 for Semisonic's "Closing Time," which peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock Chart and #6 in the Top 40 Chart overall. Wilson was also a member of Trip Shakespeare from the mid-1980s to early 1990s and of college bands Animal Dance, The Love Monsters and The Floating World in the early 1980s.
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