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Carolina Liar

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Carolina Liar
OriginMoncks Corner, South Carolina, U.S.
Stockholm, Sweden
GenresPop rock
Years active2006–present
LabelsAtlantic, Maratone
MembersChad Wolf
Rickard Göransson
Johan Carlsson
Peter Carlsson
Erik Hääger
Past membersJim Almgren Gândara
Max Grahn

Carolina Liar is a Swedish-American pop rock band.[1] Lead vocalist Chad Wolf is originally from Moncks Corner, South Carolina; other members originate from Stockholm, Sweden.[2]

History

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The band in 2008

The band is best known for the platinum certified single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" and gold certified "I'm Not Over", from their 2008 major-label debut album, Coming to Terms, produced by Swedish producers Max Martin and Tobias Karlsson.

The song "I'm Not Over" featured in the 2008 film What Happens in Vegas, starring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz, in the 2008 King of the Hill episode "Cops and Robert", and in the video game UEFA Euro 2008.

On March 3, 2009, the single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was featured on the iTunes Store as the Free Single of the Week. "Show Me What I'm Looking For" appeared in FOX Sports commercials for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game, as well as MTV's The Hills.

"Show Me What I'm Looking For" and "Open The Door" were featured in commercials for Investigation Discovery's new show, Disappeared, and in promo spots for We TV's The Locator.

In the spring of 2014, an instrumental version of "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was used in an advertising campaign for Swinton Insurance. The TV advert featured the Britain's Got Talent 2013 winners, Attraction.

Carolina Liar was the supporting act on the David Cook/Gavin Degraw 2011 Fall Tour. In 2012, they were the opening act for the Kelly Clarkson/The Fray Tour.

Carolina Liar also played as the opening act for Rob Thomas while he was playing in New York City at the Beacon Theatre and the rest of the stops on his Cradlesong Tour.

Peter Carlsson co-produced Ariana Grande's single titled "Love Me Harder". Johan Carlsson co-wrote and co-produced her single titled "Dangerous Woman".

2019–present

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Over 10 years after its release, YouTuber and media mogul David Dobrik started using "Show Me What I'm Looking For" in his videos, shooting the single shot back up in streams and uses on TikTok, and amassing tens of millions of new views across the platforms. Chad Wolf from Carolina Liar surprised David Dobrik in January 2022 with an acoustic performance on David's VIEWS podcast,[2] with David gifting him a classic Volkswagen bus.[3] Chad Wolf/Carolina Liar has announced he releasing an alternate version of the hit single "Show Me What I'm Looking For," and is currently working on brand new music and new touring plans for 2022.

Band members

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Current members
  • Chad Wolf – lead vocals, guitar [2007–present]
  • Rickard Göransson – guitar [2007–present]
  • Johan Carlsson – keyboards [2007–present]
  • Erik Hääger – bass [2007–present]
  • Peter Carlsson – drums [2009–present]
Past members
  • Jim Almgren Gândara – guitar (2007–2009)
  • Max Grahn – drums [2007–2009]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
[3]
US
Rock

[4]
US
Heat

[5]
2008 Coming to Terms 140 43 3
2011 Wild Blessed Freedom
  • Released: September 27, 2011
  • Label: Maratone AB
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Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[6]
US
Alt

[7]
US
Adult

[8]
AUS
[9]
DNK
[10]
GER
[11]
IRL
[12]
NLD
[13]
UK
[14]
2008 "I'm Not Over" [A] 3 28 Coming to Terms
"Show Me What I'm Looking For" 67 28 8 28 93 6 74 31
2009 "Beautiful World"
2011 "Drown" 37 Wild Blessed Freedom
2012 "Me and You"
2015 "Here I Go Again" Non Album Single
"Wrestling an Angel"
2020 "Battlefields"
2023 "Thank You"
2024 "Slowly Breaking My Heart" × × × × × × × × ×
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Production discography

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Johan Carlsson

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Title Year Artist Album Songwriting Producing
"Nothing to Lose" 2013 Emblem3 Nothing to Lose checkY checkY
"Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" 2014 Ariana Grande My Everything checkY checkY
"Fire" Gavin DeGraw Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw checkY checkY
"Live It Up" Colbie Caillat Gypsy Heart checkY checkY
"Blaze" checkY
"Nice Guys" checkY checkY
"Stockholm Syndrome" One Direction Four checkY
"Goodnight" Cher Lloyd Sorry I'm Late checkY checkY
"M.F.P.O.T.Y." checkY checkY
"Pieces" Ella Henderson Chapter One checkY
"Give Your Heart Away" checkY checkY
"1996" checkY checkY
"I Love You" Alex & Sierra It's About Us checkY checkY
"Unkiss Me" Maroon 5 V checkY checkY
"Falling Slow" 2015 Tori Kelly Unbreakable Smile checkY checkY
"My House" Flo Rida My House checkY checkY
"If I Could Fly" One Direction Made in the A.M. checkY checkY
"For You" Demi Lovato Confident checkY checkY
"Mr. Hughes" checkY checkY
"Held By Me" The Vamps Wake Up checkY
"Painkiller" Jason Derulo Everything Is 4 checkY checkY
"Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" R5 Sometime Last Night checkY checkY
"Take This Chance" Anastacia Ultimate Collection checkY
"Talk About You" Mika No Place in Heaven checkY
"Dangerous Woman" 2016 Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman checkY checkY
"Harder to Believe" Gavin DeGraw Something Worth Saving checkY checkY
"New Love" checkY checkY
"Then There's You" Charlie Puth Nine Track Mind checkY checkY
"Hopeless Romantic" Meghan Trainor Thank You checkY checkY
"Mom" checkY checkY
"I Believe in You" Michael Bublé Nobody but Me checkY
"Nobody but Me" checkY
"Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow" checkY
"Someday" checkY
"Zillionaire" Flo Rida The Perfect 10 checkY checkY
"You Gotta Not" Little Mix Glory Days checkY checkY
"Old Friends" 2017 Jasmine Thompson Wonderland checkY checkY
"Change"
(featuring James Taylor)
2018 Charlie Puth Voicenotes checkY checkY
"Somebody Told Me" checkY checkY
"Diamonds are Forever" Sabrina Carpenter Singular: Act I checkY checkY
"Exhale" 2019 Singular: Act II checkY checkY
"Looking at Me" checkY checkY
"Perfect Now" 2020 Louis Tomlinson Walls checkY checkY
"El Tejano"
(featuring Sofía Reyes)
Lauv ~how i'm feeling~ checkY checkY
"Lion of Love" Erik Mjönes Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga checkY
"Champagne Problems" Katy Perry Smile checkY checkY
"Tucked" checkY checkY
"Harleys in Hawaii" checkY checkY
"What Makes a Woman" checkY checkY
"Small Talk" checkY checkY
"Never Worn White" checkY checkY
"What Do You Think Of?"
(with Lukas Graham)
Lauren Alaina Getting Over Him checkY
"Elita" Gary Barlow, Michael Bublé and Sebastián Yatra Non-album single checkY checkY
"The Christmas Sweater" 2021 Michael Bublé Christmas (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) checkY
"Seven Days" THRDL!FE with Conor Maynard Non-album single checkY
"Next" Olivia Holt Dance Like No One's Watching checkY checkY
"i miss you (skin to skin)" 2022 Dylan Conrique Non-album single checkY checkY
"Remind Me" Bastille Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past checkY
"The Story" Jewel American Song Contest checkY checkY
"Stay" Sofia Carson Sofia Carson checkY
"Sorry That I Miss You" Ella Henderson Everything I Didn't Say checkY checkY
"One Life" 2023 Michael Bolton Spark of Light checkY checkY
"1-800-GOT-STRESS" Devon Cole Non-album single checkY checkY

Peter Carlsson

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Title Year Artist Album Songwriting Producing
"Hold on Tight" 2013 Britney Spears Britney Jean checkY
"Problem" 2014 Ariana Grande My Everything checkY
"Love Me Harder" checkY
"Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" checkY
"Fire" Gavin DeGraw Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw checkY
"M.F.P.O.T.Y." Cher Lloyd Sorry I'm Late checkY
"First Love" Jennifer Lopez A.K.A. checkY
"Once in a Lifetime" 2015 Flo Rida My House checkY
"Ghost Town" Adam Lambert The Original High checkY
"There I Said It" checkY
"Lucy" checkY
"The Light" checkY
"Heavy Fire" checkY
"For You" Demi Lovato Confident checkY
"Mr. Hughes" checkY
"Thinking Bout You" 2016 Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman checkY
"Still Falling for You" Ellie Goulding Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack checkY
"Miss You More" 2017 Katy Perry Witness checkY
"Finish What We Started"
(featuring Brandi Carlile)
2019 Zac Brown Band The Owl checkY

Rickard Göransson

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Title Year Artist Album Songwriting Producing
"Rock n Roll" 2013 Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne checkY checkY
"Bang Bang" 2014 Jessie J
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj
Sweet Talker
My Everything
checkY checkY
"Burnin' Up" Jessie J Sweet Talker checkY
"There Goes My Baby" Enrique Iglesias Sex and Love checkY checkY
"Skippin a Beat" Zara Larsson 1 checkY
"Rooftop" checkY
"Call It Whatever" Bella Thorne checkY
"Nobody Love" 2015 Tori Kelly Unbreakable Smile checkY checkY
"California Lovers" checkY
"Once in a Lifetime" Flo Rida My House checkY
"Around the World" Natalie La Rose
Fetty Wap
TBA checkY
"Under You" 2016 Nick Jonas Last Year Was Complicated checkY
"Never Been Hurt" The Band Perry TBA checkY
"DNCE" DNCE DNCE checkY
"Toothbrush" checkY
"Zoom" checkY
"Pay My Rent" checkY
"Still Falling for You" Ellie Goulding Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack checkY
"Don't Talk About It" Tove Lo Lady Wood checkY
"Breathe" 2017 Astrid S Party's Over checkY checkY
"Empty Cups" 2018 Charlie Puth Voicenotes checkY checkY
"God Is a Woman" Ariana Grande Sweetener checkY
"Love Her Too"
(featuring G-Eazy)
Marc E. Bassy Postmodern Depression checkY
"not ur friend" 2020 Jeremy Zucker love is not dying checkY
"Husavik" Will Ferrell and Molly Sandén Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga checkY
"Upgrade" Joji Nectar checkY checkY
"Oh Na Na" 2021 Camila Cabello, Myke Towers and Tainy Non-album single checkY
"No Time (For My Life to Suck)" 2022 Nina Nesbitt Älskar checkY

Appearances

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Notes

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  1. ^ "I'm Not Over" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Corbin, April (October 24, 2009). "Carolina half-truth? - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Artist Biography – Carolina Liar". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  4. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  5. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  6. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  7. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  8. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  9. ^ "australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  10. ^ "danishcharts.dk – Danish charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  11. ^ "MTV.de". mtv.de. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  12. ^ "irishcharts.com – Irish charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  13. ^ "dutchcharts.nl – Dutch charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  14. ^ "CAROLINA LIAR – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  15. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  16. ^ "American certifications – Carolina Liar". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  17. ^ "Carolina Liar". IMDb. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  18. ^ "Carolina Liar". IMDb. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  19. ^ "Show Me What I'm Looking For (MTV Session) – Carolina Liar – Live Session Video – MTV UK". August 1, 2009. Archived from the original on August 1, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ "Hugh Jackman – Wednesday, May 6, 2009 – Promos". February 1, 2010. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ^ "Video". sat1.de. December 16, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  22. ^ betarecords (November 10, 2009). "Carolina Liar – I'm not Over ( Acoustic Music Video & Interview )". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2017 – via YouTube.