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At this point, Hot Chelle Rae had already been taken under the wing of entertainment exec John Hamlin, who signed them up for management. Hamlin then teamed up with music industry vet Don Ienner who guided them toward a deal with Jive Records. After signing with the label in October 2008, the guys began to gear up to make their first album, sorting through dozens of songs they had already written. “My dad told me early on that writing hit songs is just like your batting average,” Follese says. “He reminded me that Barry Bonds hits 70 homeruns a year, but he doesn’t hit a homerun every time — it’s maybe one out of ten. So if you want to write hit songs, you’re going to have to write 50 songs for your first record,’ which is what we did. We threw out loads of songs.”
To help them narrow it down, the band took advice from two of their producers, Eric Valentine and Butch Walker, both of whom know a little something about serving up hit albums. Valentine, who produced five tracks including “Say” and “I Like to Dance,” has worked with All-American Rejects and Good Charlotte, while artist/producer Butch Walker, who produced two tracks, “The Distance” and “Bushes,” has worked with Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, and Pink. “I don’t know if there’s a guy on earth more driven to make something sound the best that it can sound than Eric,” Follese says. “He is obsessive and only produces songs that he truly connects with, which is really cool.” “And Butch Walker is someone we’ve always really looked up to and have wanted to work with for a long time,” adds Overstreet. “When we were trying to decide who should produce the record, we figured why not shoot high? There’s so much passion and power in everything he puts to tape, he really helped us get that across.”
Lovesick Electric brims with the confidence and youthful energy that only a group of musicians with serious chops can deliver. “I think the album really reflects who we are and how we want the world to feel,” Overstreet says. “We can have a lot of fun and goof off, or we can be very serious and work really hard, and the album shows it all. We’ve got songs for people to listen to if they’re going through a break-up, like ‘The Distance’ or ‘Last One Standing,’ or if they want to just forget about work, like ‘I Like to Dance,’ or they want to dream about the future, like ‘Say.’ We’ve tried hard to make it completely accessible and something people can really relate to no matter what’s going on in their lives.”
