Song:Two Is Better Than One
Album:Love Drunk
Boys Like Girls scored a top twenty hit when Taylor Swift appeared on the 2009 single Two Is Better Than One. The band is currently on hiatus. They last recorded in 2012. Boys Like Girls are from Andover, MA. Martin Johnson was lead singer of the band Fake ID which became The Drive. He asked bassist Bryan Donahue and drummer John Keefe to help him record some demos. Keefe brought guitarist Paul DiGiovanni and Boys Like Girls was born. They posted some songs online and they started touring. They released an album independently and that led to Boys Like Girls signing with Columbia Records. Columbia re-released their debut album. The 2009 album Love Drunk was produced by Canadian Brian Howes in Vancouver and Los Angeles. He had previously produced Puddle Of Mudd. Two Is Better Than One reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Taylor Swift was not on the original recording. But she heard the record and thought she could help the band. Johnson contacted her and he rewrote the song a bit and she recorded her vocal. Apparently it was the first time Taylor appeared on someone else's record. Love Drunk is available as a digital download. After touring, Johnson started writing songs for the next album. Then in 2011, there were rumors that Boys Like Girls had split up. Johnson announced that they were on hiatus while working on solo projects. They did return and they released the 2012 CD Crazy World. Donahue was involved in his other projects so he was replaced by Morgan Dorr. The album didn't do as well as Love Drunk and there were no hit singles. They did tour but Boys Like Girls haven't recorded since then though they did tour in 2016. Though Johnson has a new band The Night Game and he is also an in demand songwriter, he insists that Boys Like Girls has not split up and they may record in the future. I guess he's keeping his options open but my guess is the band is done. Here's the video for Two Is Better Than One by Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift. Taylor does not appear in the video. The couple is played by Erik Huffman of Survivor: China and Mika Combs of The Amazing Race 15.
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