Show Me What I'm Looking For
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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[1][2] The song was also a radio hit on several stations in the United Kingdom. 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.[3] 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.
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.[4] It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2009.[5]
"Show Me What I'm Looking For" is said to have changed the band members' lives forever.[2] 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.[6] Hot Press called the song "a choon and a half" after witnessing it performed live at The Academy, Dublin, in August 2009.[2] During live performances Wolf conducts the audience during the "Save Me/I’m lost" chorus.[2]
"Show Me What I'm Looking For" has featured in numerous American television shows, including The Beautiful Life,[7] The Hills,[8] 90210 and Gossip Girl.[2] When it featured on The Hills, iTunes recorded a boost in sales for the song of more than 3,000 units the following week.[8] The song's use in the The CW Television Network series The Beautiful Life was described by the Boston Herald's reviewer Mark A. Perigard as "an inadvertently hilarious way to close one dramatic scene" and suggested that "the network needs to vet its background music more carefully".[7]
The Santa Barbara Independent described it as "sunny and poppy" and "a lot like early Phantom Planet".[9] Digital Spy said it was "rock music for anyone who finds Snow Patrol a bit too giddy sometimes".[5] The Houston Chronicle said it had "a tweentastic vibe" and that it was "easy to imagine lip-glossed girls swooning" over the single.[10]
References
- ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
- ^ a b c d e "Carolina Liar live at the Academy". Hot Press. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
Having been propelled to fame this year with the chart-topping 'Show Me What I'm Looking For' (you may recognise it from Gossip Girl, 90210 and just about every other American TV show of the moment), Carolina Liar don't put a foot wrong. [...] Wolf tells us that the song we're going to hear next changed his and his friends' lives forever. No one can deny that 'Show Me What I'm Looking For' is a choon and a half, or that it feels awesome to sing the familiar 'Save Me/I'm lost' refrain with a sweaty and impassioned Chad Wolf conducting.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Kentucky Speedway news 2009-03-08". Motor Sport. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Carolina Liar 'I'm Not Over'". Glasswerk. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ a b "Carolina Liar: 'Show Me What I'm Looking For'". Digital Spy. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ "Carolina Liar Lies to FOX All Access". FOX All Access. 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ a b "'Life' in the fast lane". Boston Herald. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b ""The Hills" a cash cow for MTV". Monsters and Critics. 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ "KJEE presents Carolina Liar at SOhO". Santa Barbara Independent. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Joey Guerra (2009-05-27). "Tweentastic vibe on Carolina Liar's latest". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
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