The Whole Nine Yards Ep 209 26.1.25 Who is Dan Wilson? with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 209

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 26th January 2025 3-5pm

http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Who is Dan Wilson?

Dan Wilson, the songwriter and lead singer of Semisonic, has a knack for writing catchy songs that resonate with audiences. Best known for the 90s hits Secret Smile and Closing Time,  Wilson’s songwriting addresses themes of love, introspection, and the passage of time. His driving hooks and spiritual, reflective lyrics have provided some massive hits for Semisonic, but have also been fought over by other artists. One of the best, but least known songwriters in the world, Wilson has struck gold with numerous hits for artists like Adele, Taylor Swift, the Dixie Chicks, Weezer and Vance Joy.

Hour One

Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep (Feeling Strangely Fine 1998)
Weezer – Ruling Me (Hurley 2010)
Semisonic – Sculpture Garden (Pleasure EP 1995)
Dan Wilson – Home (Re-Covered 2017)
Chris Stapleton – White Horse (Higher 2023)
Semisonic – Secret Smile (Feeling Strangely Fine 1999)
James Morrison – Once When I was Little (Songs for You, Truths for Me 2008)
Semisonic – Lightning (You’re Not Alone EP 2020)
Foxes – All I Need (All I Need 2016)
Semisonic – Keep Me in Motion (Little Bit of Sun 2023)
Self Esteem – Focus is Power (A Complicated Woman 2025)
Vance Joy – We’re Going Home (Nation of Two 2018)
Mitski – The Only Heartbreaker (Laurel Hell 2021)

Hour Two

Semisonic – The Rope (Little Bit of Sun 2023)
Dan Wilson – Never Meant to Love You (Re-Covered 2017)
Taylor Swift – Treacherous (Taylor’s version) (Red 2012) (Red (Taylor’s Version 2021)
Stevie Nicks ft LeAnn Rimes & Jeff Beck & Rod Thomas – Borrowed (Stand Back 2013)
Lukas Graham – You’re Not the Only One (Redemption Song) (3: (The Purple Album) 2018)
Semisonic ft Carol King (One True Love (All About Chemistry 2001)
Jim James – Explode (Regions of Light and Sound of God 2013 / Reissue 2023)
Adele – Don’t You Remember (21 2011)
John Legend – You & I (Nobody in the World) (Love in the Future 2013)
Jon Batiste – Butterfly (World Music Radio 2023)
Dan Wilson – Someone Like You (with The Kronos Quartet) (Re-Covered 2017)
Iann Dior, Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly – Thought It Was (On to Better Things 2022)
Semisonic – Closing Time (Feeling Strangely Fine 1999)

Published by Roy Stannard

I'm someone who doesn't like parameters, barriers or fences. I'll try and climb over them, burrow under them or just pretend they don't exist - until they don't. Sometimes I'll write about the mind in a poetic way, or poetry with neural undertones, or I'll proselytise endlessly about my favourite new band - or one of the old ones. My Blog will give you the keys to the kingdom. A kingdom with no borders, no expectations and, therefore, no failure.. Because I am endlessly empathetic with people, their motivation, their behaviour,their problems and their quest for knowledge, I work with the pioneering Brighton-based homeless, vulnerable women and disempowered school students charity Off The Fence Trust that has tried to redress the equality deficit for over two decades. I produce, host and promote two radio shows a week: The Whole Nine Yards Sundays 3-5pm on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM (www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen) - and Lost Immortals on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM on Sundays 5-7pm.

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