| Origin | Moncks Corner, South Carolina, U.S. Stockholm, Sweden |
|---|---|
| Genre | Pop rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Label | Atlantic · Maratone |
| Current members | Chad Wolf Rickard Göransson Johan Carlsson Peter Carlsson Erik Hääger |
| Past members | Jim 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
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 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
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 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 new music and new touring plans for 2022.
Band members
- 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
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] | US Rock [4] | US Heat [5] | ||
| 2008 |
| 140 | 43 | 3 |
| 2011 |
| — | — | 8 |
Singles
| 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
Johan Carlsson
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriting | Producing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Nothing to Lose" | 2013 | Emblem3 | Nothing to Lose | ||
| "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" | 2014 | Ariana Grande | My Everything | ||
| "Fire" | Gavin DeGraw | Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw | |||
| "Live It Up" | Colbie Caillat | Gypsy Heart | |||
| "Blaze" | |||||
| "Nice Guys" | |||||
| "Stockholm Syndrome" | One Direction | Four | |||
| "Goodnight" | Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | |||
| "M.F.P.O.T.Y." | |||||
| "Pieces" | Ella Henderson | Chapter One | |||
| "Give Your Heart Away" | |||||
| "1996" | |||||
| "I Love You" | Alex & Sierra | It's About Us | |||
| "Unkiss Me" | Maroon 5 | V | |||
| "Falling Slow" | 2015 | Tori Kelly | Unbreakable Smile | ||
| "My House" | Flo Rida | My House | |||
| "If I Could Fly" | One Direction | Made in the A.M. | |||
| "For You" | Demi Lovato | Confident | |||
| "Mr. Hughes" | |||||
| "Held By Me" | The Vamps | Wake Up | |||
| "Painkiller" | Jason Derulo | Everything Is 4 | |||
| "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight" | R5 | Sometime Last Night | |||
| "Take This Chance" | Anastacia | Ultimate Collection | |||
| "Talk About You" | Mika | No Place in Heaven | |||
| "Dangerous Woman" | 2016 | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman | ||
| "Harder to Believe" | Gavin DeGraw | Something Worth Saving | |||
| "New Love" | |||||
| "Then There's You" | Charlie Puth | Nine Track Mind | |||
| "Hopeless Romantic" | Meghan Trainor | Thank You | |||
| "Mom" | |||||
| "I Believe in You" | Michael Bublé | Nobody but Me | |||
| "Nobody but Me" | |||||
| "Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow" | |||||
| "Someday" | |||||
| "Zillionaire" | Flo Rida | The Perfect 10 | |||
| "You Gotta Not" | Little Mix | Glory Days | |||
| "Old Friends" | 2017 | Jasmine Thompson | Wonderland | ||
| "Change" (featuring James Taylor) | 2018 | Charlie Puth | Voicenotes | ||
| "Somebody Told Me" | |||||
| "Diamonds are Forever" | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I | |||
| "Exhale" | 2019 | Singular: Act II | |||
| "Looking at Me" | |||||
| "Perfect Now" | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Walls | ||
| "El Tejano" (featuring Sofía Reyes) | Lauv | ~how i'm feeling~ | |||
| "Lion of Love" | Erik Mjönes | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | |||
| "Champagne Problems" | Katy Perry | Smile | |||
| "Tucked" | |||||
| "Harleys in Hawaii" | |||||
| "What Makes a Woman" | |||||
| "Small Talk" | |||||
| "Never Worn White" | |||||
| "What Do You Think Of?" (with Lukas Graham) | Lauren Alaina | Getting Over Him | |||
| "Elita" | Gary Barlow, Michael Bublé and Sebastián Yatra | ||||
| "The Christmas Sweater" | 2021 | Michael Bublé | Christmas (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) | ||
| "Seven Days" | THRDL!FE with Conor Maynard | ||||
| "Next" | Olivia Holt | Dance Like No One's Watching | |||
| "i miss you (skin to skin)" | 2022 | Dylan Conrique | |||
| "Remind Me" | Bastille | Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past | |||
| "The Story" | Jewel | American Song Contest | |||
| "Stay" | Sofia Carson | Sofia Carson | |||
| "Sorry That I Miss You" | Ella Henderson | Everything I Didn't Say | |||
| "One Life" | 2023 | Michael Bolton | Spark of Light | ||
| "1-800-GOT-STRESS" | Devon Cole | ||||
| "A Christmas Song" | 2024 | Björnzone | |||
| "Swimming with Sharks" | New Hope Club | ||||
| "Goddess in Disguise" (featuring MC Bola) | Sofi Tukker | BREAD | |||
| "Gonna Find Out" | Kate Hudson | Glorious | |||
| "Fire" | |||||
| "The Nineties" | |||||
| "Live Forever" | |||||
| "Talk About Love" | |||||
| "Love Ain't Easy" | |||||
| "Romeo" | |||||
| "Never Made a Moment" | |||||
| "Lying to Myself" | |||||
| "Not Easy to Know" | |||||
| "Glorious" | |||||
| "Touch the Light" | |||||
| "Right on Time" | |||||
| "Desert Warior" | |||||
| "Joke's on Me" | Sofia Carson | ||||
| "Peace of Mind" | 2025 | Adrian Lyles | these are my favorite songs I've made so far | ||
| "Angel in Disguise" | Matteo Bocelli | Falling in Love | |||
| "Chaotic & Confused" | Jeon Somi | Chaotic & Confused | |||
| "QUIT YOU" | 2026 | The Kid LAROI | Before I Forget |
Peter Carlsson
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriting | Producing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Hold on Tight" | 2013 | Britney Spears | Britney Jean | ||
| "Problem" | 2014 | Ariana Grande | My Everything | ||
| "Love Me Harder" | |||||
| "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" | |||||
| "Fire" | Gavin DeGraw | Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw | |||
| "M.F.P.O.T.Y." | Cher Lloyd | Sorry I'm Late | |||
| "First Love" | Jennifer Lopez | A.K.A. | |||
| "Once in a Lifetime" | 2015 | Flo Rida | My House | ||
| "Ghost Town" | Adam Lambert | The Original High | |||
| "There I Said It" | |||||
| "Lucy" | |||||
| "The Light" | |||||
| "Heavy Fire" | |||||
| "For You" | Demi Lovato | Confident | |||
| "Mr. Hughes" | |||||
| "Thinking Bout You" | 2016 | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman | ||
| "Still Falling for You" | Ellie Goulding | Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||
| "Miss You More" | 2017 | Katy Perry | Witness | ||
| "Finish What We Started" (featuring Brandi Carlile) | 2019 | Zac Brown Band | The Owl | ||
| "Ugly" | 2022 | Dylan Conrique | |||
| "Superman" | 2025 | Sofronio Vasquez |
Rickard Göransson
Appearances
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (June 12, 2008)[16]
- 90210 (February 3, 2009, US) (April 27, 2009, UK)[17]
- MTV Spanking New Session (June 23, 2009)[18]
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (May 6, 2009)[19]
- BalconyTV Hamburg (September 8, 2009)
- Die Oliver Pocher Show (March 12, 2010)[20]
- BETA Records TV (November 10, 2009)[21]
Notes
- ^ "I'm Not Over" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[22]
References
- ^ Corbin, April (2009-10-24). "Carolina half-truth? - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
- ^ "Artist Biography – Carolina Liar". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "danishcharts.dk – Danish charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "MTV.de". mtv.de. Retrieved June 22, 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "irishcharts.com – Irish charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl – Dutch charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "CAROLINA LIAR – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^ Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "Carolina Liar". IMDb. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "Carolina Liar". IMDb. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "Show Me What I'm Looking For (MTV Session) – Carolina Liar – Live Session Video – MTV UK". August 1, 2009. Archived August 1, 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "Hugh Jackman – Wednesday, May 6, 2009 – Promos". February 1, 2010. Archived February 1, 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "Video". sat1.de. December 16, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ betarecords (November 10, 2009). "Carolina Liar – I'm not Over ( Acoustic Music Video & Interview )". Archived December 21, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2017. – via YouTube.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2024.