Breaking Free

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"Breaking Free"
Single by Andrew Seeley, Zac Efron, and Vanessa Anne Hudgens
from the album High School Musical
Released	September 28, 2006
Format	Digital download, CD single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	3:27
Label	Disney
Writer(s)	Jamie Houston
Producer(s)	Jamie Houston
Chart positions
#4 (U.S.) #9 (U.K.) #13 (AUS) #54 (GER)
Andrew Seeley, Zac Efron, and Vanessa Anne Hudgens singles chronology
	"Breaking Free" (2006)
Alternate cover
The alternate cover, used only on iTunes.

"Breaking Free" is a song from the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical. It also appears on the soundtrack of the same name. It is sung by Andrew Seeley (uncredited),^[1] Zac Efron, and Vanessa Anne Hudgens. It was also released as a single on September 28, 2006.

The song was sang at the climax of the film when Troy and Gabriella were participating in the callbacks in front of the whole school (who were basically their friends). They tried singing the first time but Gabriella was too scared. Troy managed to keep her on stage by doing the same thing like they did when they first sang together: looking at him. They try again and make the entire audience jump out of their seats, literally. During the song, both of one of Troy and Gabriella's parents also watch them sing. When the song is over the entire school is cheering and Troy gives Gabriella kiss on the cheek.

They later are about to kiss later but they are interrupted by Chad. It is said by some of the actors that Troy and Gabriella will kiss in the next film and we'll learn even more about them since the first film.

Contents 1 Chart performance 2 Other versions 2.1 Asian version 2.2 Italian version 2.3 Latin American version 2.4 Spain version 2.5 French version 2.6 Josh Hoge and Nikki Flores 3 Singles 3.1 U.S. Single 3.2 Italian Single 3.3 Latin America Single 3.4 Spanish Single 3.5 French Single 3.6 German Single 4 Music video 5 Notes 6 External links

[edit] Chart performance

"Breaking Free" wasn't expected to be released as single and therefore was not expected to chart, but did anyway to due to strong downloads upon release on the film High School Musical.

As a result, "Breaking Free" debuted at #86 on the Billboard Hot 100, due to strong downloads. Then in its second week, the song jumped from #86 to #4, making Billboard Hot 100 history for making the largest upward movement in a single week making a 82-position jump. The single's enormous surge was credited solely to a high increase in digital downloads, since the song was not receiving any airplay on radio (except on Radio Disney).

"Breaking Free", to date, is the highest peaking single from the soundtrack on both the Billboard Hot 100 and on the iTunes chart, reaching #1 on the chart and therefore is considered the most successful single from the soundtrack.

[edit] Other versions

[edit] Asian version

Disney Channel Asia made an Asian version of Breaking Free. In this version, the feel and instruments are Asian. This stars Nikki Gil (from the Philippines), Alicia Pan (from Singapore), and Vince Chong (from Malaysia). Disney Channel Asia also provided their own music video which you can view here [1].

[edit] Italian version

An Italian version came out under the name "Se provi A Volare" by Luca Dirisio, an Italian pop star. He covered the song for the Italian release of High School Musical in Italy.

[edit] Latin American version

A Latin American version came out under the name "Sólo Hay Que Intentar" by Roger and Carla, both hosts of the Disney Latino's original live show, Zapping Zone. As in the Asian Version, a video was released showing the hosts in front of a digitally-inserted High School Musical logo, flying through the sky, and with diverse clips from the movie.

[edit] Spain version

Another Spanish version came out in Spain under the name "No Dejes de Soñar" by Conchita. They also provided their own music video which you can view here (requires Macromedia Flash).

[edit] French version

A French version of the song has been made under the name "Briser Mes Chaines" by French singer, Sofiane. The song is featured as a bonus track on the French edition of the High School Musical soundtrack The music video shows Sofiane singing the song with clips from the High School Musical film. You can view the video here [2].

[edit] Josh Hoge and Nikki Flores

Josh Hoge and Nikki Flores also made a version of this song that was released with a 3-song EP in September 2006.

[edit] Singles

[edit] U.S. Single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Start Of Something New"

[edit] Italian Single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Start Of Something New"
3. "Se Provi A Volare (Performed by Luca Dirisio)"

[edit] Latin America Single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Start Of Something New"
3. "Sólo Hay Que Intentar (Performed by Roger and Carla)"

[edit] Spanish Single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Start Of something New"
3. "No Dejes de Soñar (Performed by Conchita)"

[edit] French Single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Start Of something New"
3. "Briser Mes Chaines (Performed by Sofiane)"

[edit] German Single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Breaking Free (Instrumental)"
3. "Breaking Free (Remix)"
4. "Breaking Free (Video)"

[edit] Music video

The music video for this song was a clip from the movie/musical High School Musical. It was not released to any video countdowns in the US, because it was the climax song of the movie and Disney did not want it to be released. Germany's music video channels took it into the normal music video rotation. However, the remix version's video will be released onto the High School Musical Remix Edition DVD.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Digital Spy Interview "To set the record straight, the majority of what is sung in the movie is definitely sung by someone else. His name is Drew Seeley"

[edit] External links

• Nos Liberamos - solo rendition by JP Mercado of a faithful Spanish translation by Gregory H. Bontrager
• Spanish lyrics to the above