Carolina Liar

Carolina Liar
Background information
Origin	Columbia, South Carolina, United States Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Alternative rock, pop rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Atlantic Maratone
Associated acts	Cher Lloyd
Members	Chad Wolf Rickard Göransson Johan Carlsson Peter Carlsson Erik Hääger
Past members	Jim Almgren Gândara Max Grahn

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

Career

The band is best known for the songs "I'm Not Over" and "Show Me What I'm Looking For" 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 movie What Happens in Vegas, starring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz, also in 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" also appeared in FOX Sports commercials for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game.

"Show Me What I’m Looking For" and "Open The Door" will be featured in commercials for Investigation Discovery’s new show, Disappeared. "Show Me What I’m Looking for" will also be featured in promo spots for WEtv’s The Locator.

In 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 2013 Britain's Got Talent winners, Attraction.

Carolina Liar was also the support 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 Theater and the rest of the stops on his Cradlesong Tour.

Peter Carlsson co-produced Ariana Grande's single "Love Me Harder".

Johan Carlsson co-wrote and co-produced another single by Ariana Grande, "Dangerous Woman".

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

Singles

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."				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"				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"				Y	Y
"Then There's You"		Charlie Puth	Nine Track Mind	Y	Y
"Hopeless Romantic"		Meghan Trainor	Thank You	Y	Y
"Mom"				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

Peter Carlsson

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Songwriting	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"					Y
"Thinking Bout You"	2016	Ariana Grande	Dangerous Woman		Y
"Still Falling for You"		Ellie Goulding	Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack		Y
"Miss You More"	2017	Katy Perry	Witness		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
"Nobody Love"	2015	Tori Kelly	Unbreakable Smile	Y	Y
"California Lovers"				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
"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

Appearances

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (June 12, 2008)^[14]
• 90210 (February 3, 2009, US) (April 27, 2009, UK)^[15]
• MTV Spanking New Session (June 23, 2009)^[16]
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (May 6, 2009)^[17]
• BalconyTV Hamburg (September 8, 2009)^[18]
• Die Oliver Pocher Show (March 12, 2010)^[19]
• "BETA Records TV " (November 10, 2009)^[20]

References

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