Carolina Liar
Origin	Moncks Corner, South Carolina, U.S. Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Atlantic, Maratone

Members	Chad Wolf Rickard Göransson Johan Carlsson Peter Carlsson Erik Hääger

Past members	Jim Almgren Gândara Max Grahn

Carolina Liar is an 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 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

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

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
Year	Album details	US ^[3]	US Rock ^[4]	US Heat ^[5]
2008	Coming to Terms Released: May 19, 2008 Label: Atlantic Records, Maratone AB	140	43	3
2011	Wild Blessed Freedom Released: September 27, 2011 Label: Maratone AB	—	—	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions									Certifications	Album
Year	Single	US ^[6]	US Alt ^[7]	US Adult ^[8]	AUS ^[9]	DNK ^[10]	GER ^[11]	IRL ^[12]	NLD ^[13]	UK ^[14]	Certifications	Album
2008	"I'm Not Over"	119	3	—	28	—	—	—	—	—		Coming to Terms
2008	"Show Me What I'm Looking For"	67	28	8	—	28	93	6	74	31	RIAA: 2× Platinum^[15]
2009	"Beautiful World"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	"Drown"	—	—	37	—	—	—	—	—	—		Wild Blessed Freedom
2012	"Me and You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Wild Blessed Freedom
2015	"Here I Go Again"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non Album Single
2015	"Wrestling an Angel"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non Album Single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Production discography

Johan Carlsson

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

Peter Carlsson

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

Rickard Göransson

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

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]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Artist Biography – Carolina Liar". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "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.
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^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History – Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
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^ "American certifications – Carolina Liar". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ "Carolina Liar". IMDb. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
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^ "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)
^ "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)
^ "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 from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2017 – via YouTube.

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