Carolina Liar is an American

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band. Lead vocalist Chad Wolf is originally from

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; other members originate from

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, Sweden.

History

The band is best known for the platinum certified single "

Show Me What I'm Looking For "Show Me What I'm Looking For" is a song by Swedish– American rock band Carolina Liar. The song was a hit in 2009, particularly in Ireland, where it rose up the Irish Singles Chart to number six. The song was also a radio hit on several statio ...

" and gold certified "I'm Not Over", from their 2008 major-label debut album, '' Coming to Terms'', produced by Swedish producers

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and Tobias Karlsson. The song "I'm Not Over" featured in the 2008 film ''

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'', starring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz, in the 2008 ''

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'' episode "Cops and Robert", and in the video game ''

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''. On March 3, 2009, the single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was featured on the

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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

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'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 ''

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'' 2013 winners, Attraction. Carolina Liar was the supporting act on the

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2011 Fall Tour. In 2012, they were the opening act for the

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Tour. Carolina Liar also played as the opening act for Rob Thomas while he was playing in

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at the Beacon Theater and the rest of the stops on his

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. Peter Carlsson co-produced

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's single titled "

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". Johan Carlsson co-wrote and co-produced her single titled "

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2019–present

Over 10 years after its release, YouTuber and media mogul

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started using "Show Me What I'm Looking For" in his videos, shooting the single shot back up in streams and uses on

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, 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

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podcast, with David gifting him a classic Volkswagen bus. 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 007–present*

Rickard Göransson Rickard Göransson is a Swedish songwriter, producer, and musician. He was the lead guitarist for American alternative rock band Carolina Liar. He has written and produced for artists including Ariana Grande, Jessie J, Nicki Minaj, Avril Lavi ...

– guitar 007–present* Johan Carlsson – keyboards 007–present* Erik Hääger – bass 007–present* Peter Carlsson – drums 009–present ;Past members * Jim Almgren Gândara – guitar (2007–2009) * Max Grahn – drums 007–2009

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Production discography

Johan Carlsson

Peter Carlsson

Rickard Göransson

Appearances

* ''

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'' (June 12, 2008) * '' 90210'' (February 3, 2009, US) (April 27, 2009, UK) * ''MTV Spanking New Session'' (June 23, 2009) * ''

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'' (May 6, 2009) * ''BalconyTV Hamburg'' (September 8, 2009) * '' Die Oliver Pocher Show'' (March 12, 2010) * "

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" (November 10, 2009)

References

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