Breaking Free

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“Breaking Free”
Single by Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron from the album High School Musical
Released	September 28, 2006
Format	Digital download, CD single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:27
Label	Walt Disney Records
Writer(s)	Jamie Houston
Producer	Jamie Houston
High School Musical singles chronology
- "Breaking Free" (2006) "We're All in this Together" (2006)
Zac Efron singles chronology
- "Breaking Free" (2006) "We're All in This Together" (2006) Vanessa Hudgens singles chronology - "Breaking Free" (2006) "We're All in This Together" (2006) Same Difference singles chronology - "Breaking Free" (2008)

"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 Drew Seeley (uncredited),^[1] Zac Efron, and Vanessa Anne Hudgens. It was also released as a single on September 28, 2006. It has been the most successful single from High School Musical in the UK, peaking at #9 on the singles chart.

The song is sung during the film's climax when the main characters Troy and Gabriella participate in the callbacks in front of the entire student body.

Contents 1 Track listings 1.1 U.S./UK/Irish/Australian single 1.2 Italian single 1.3 Mexican single 1.4 Spanish single 1.5 Portuguese single 1.6 French single 1.7 German single 1.8 Asian single 1.9 Remix single 1.10 Chinese single 1.11 Independent Spanish Version 2 Music video 3 Cover versions 4 References

[edit] Track listings

[edit] U.S./UK/Irish/Australian single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Start of Something New"
3. "Bop to the Top"

[edit] Italian single

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

[edit] Mexican single

1. "Eres Tú" (Performed by Belanova)

[edit] Spanish single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Start of Something New"
3. "Breaking Free" (Lover Dub)

[edit] Portuguese single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "O Que Eu Procurava" (Performed by Ludov)
3. "Só Tem Que Tentar"

[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"

[edit] Asian single

1. "Breaking Free" (Performed by Vince Chong, Nikki Gil, and Alicia Pan)

[edit] Remix single

1. "Breaking Free"
2. "Breaking Free" (DT Radio Edit)
3. "Breaking Free" (Remix Edit)
4. "Breaking Free" (Von Doom Mixshow)
5. "Breaking Free" (Frishca & Lamboy Remix)
6. "Breaking Free" (Lover Dub)

[edit] Chinese single

1. "Breaking Free"

[edit] Independent Spanish Version

In addition to Disney's official Latin American Spanish and Iberian Spanish versions ("Sólo Hay Que Intentar" and "No Dejes de Soñar," respectively) and several variants featured in the Latin American reality spinoff High School Musical: La Selección, a fan adaptation entitled "Nos Liberamos" also exists. Performed by two unnamed employees of an Argentine voice actors company headed by Gonzalo Moreno, this unofficial version is intended to preserve more of the song's original meaning than most of the adaptations endorsed by Disney and also to accommodate fuller enunciation of the lyrics (i.e. elisions such as the rendering of the phrase "Sólo Hay Que Intentar" into "soluayquintentar" are avoided).

[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 U.S., 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] Cover versions

British pop-duo Same Difference who came third on series 4 of The X Factor are due to release a cover version of "Breaking Free". It has now been officially confirmed for a Summer 2008 release, to allow the single to be fully promoted.

[edit] References

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"

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