"Show Me What I'm Looking For" | ||||||||
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Single by Carolina Liar | ||||||||
from the album Coming to Terms | ||||||||
Released | May 6, 2008 | |||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||
Recorded | 2005–2006; Conway Recording Studios, (Los Angeles, California); Maratone Studios and Decibel Studios, (, Sweden) |
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Genre | Pop rock | |||||||
Length | 4:00 | |||||||
Label | Atlantic | |||||||
Writer(s) | Chad Wolf, Tobias Karlsson | |||||||
Producer(s) | Max Martin, Tobias Karlsson | |||||||
Carolina Liar singles chronology | ||||||||
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"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 stations in the United Kingdom and the United States. It peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States as well. It also reached number 40 on the same country's Hot Modern Tracks Chart. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also had a lengthy run on the top 20 video countdown of cable television network VH1. The song was written by lead singer Chad Wolf with Tobias Karlsson, and it was produced by Max Martin and Tobias Karlsson.
In the United Kingdom, "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was played on stations such as BBC Radio 1, Xfm, 95.8 Capital FM and Absolute Radio. It was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2009.
"Show Me What I'm Looking For" is said to have changed the band members' lives forever. According to vocalist Chad Wolf, the song was written in only twenty minutes, and the vocals used on the final track were his first attempt; recorded in a bedroom. "We tried...a couple of different studios to beat the vocals, but we just couldn't," Wolf explained.Hot Press called the song "a choon and a half" after witnessing it performed live at The Academy, Dublin, in August 2009. During live performances Wolf conducts the audience during the "Save Me/I'm lost" chorus.