High School Musical is the soundtrack of the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name. Recorded in five days, it was released on January 10, 2006, and became the best selling album of that year, having sold more than 3.7 million copies in the US and Canada as of January 2007.
Track listing[]
- Start of Something New - Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens
- Get'cha Head in the Game - Efron
- What I've Been Looking For - Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel
- What I've been Looking For (Reprise) - Efron, Hudgens
- Stick to the Status Quo - High School Musical Cast
- When There Was Me and You - Hudgens
- Bop to the Top - Tisdale, Grabeel
- Breaking Free - Efron, (Seeley**), Hudgens
- We're All in This Together - High School Musical Cast
- I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - High School Musical Cast
- Get'cha Head In the Game - B5
- Start of Something New (Instrumental*)
- Breaking Free (Instrumental*)
* Are not on the first disc of the two-disc special edition version.
** Drew Seeley sang in several of the songs, his voice being mixed with Zac Efron's. He originally was not given credit for singing.
High School Musical 2-disc Special edition[]
On May 23, 2006, the same day the DVD came out, Walt Disney Records released a special edition of the High School Musical album featuring a bonus disc with eight karaoke tracks of the High School Musical numbers.
Disc 2
- Start of Something New
- Get'cha Head in the Game
- What I've Been Looking For
- When There Was Me and You
- Bop to the Top
- Breaking Free
- We're All in This Together
- I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
Charts performances[]
| Chart (2006) | Providers | Peak position |
Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard 200 (US) | Billboard, RIAA | 1 | 4× Platinum | 4,800,000 |
| UK Compilation Albums Chart* | OCC, BPI | 1 | 3× Platinum | 900,000 |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | ARIA | 1 | Platinum | 70,000 |
| German Albums Chart | BVMI | ? | Platinum | 200,000 |
| Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart | Universal | 1 | ||
| Argentine Top 100 Albums Chart | Universal | 1 | 4× Platinum | 160,000 |
| Venezuelan Top 40 Albums Chart | CAPROFONO | 1 | Platinum | 20,000 |
* In the UK multi-artist compilations are not eligible to the Top 200 Artist Albums chart.
Year-end charts[]
| Year | Country | Chart | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Germany | IFPI | #65 |
Singles[]
| Year | Single | Singer(s) | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Breaking Free" | Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens | ||
| US Billboard 100 | 4 | |||
| Pop 100 | 6 | |||
| UK Singles Chart | 9 | |||
| 2006 | "Get'cha Head in the Game" | Zac Efron | Hot 100 | 23 |
| Pop 100 | 23 | |||
| 2006 | "Start of Something New" | Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens | Hot 100 | 28 |
| Pop 100 | 30 | |||
| 2006 | "Stick to the Status Quo" | High School Musical Cast | Pop 100 | 37 |
| Hot 100 | 43 | |||
| 2007 | UK Singles Chart | 74 | ||
| 2006 | "We're All in This Together" | High School Musical Cast | Pop 100 | 32 |
| Hot 100 | 34 | |||
| 2007 | UK Singles Chart | 40 | ||
| 2006 | "What I've Been Looking For" | Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel | Pop 100 | 34 |
| Hot 100 | 35 | |||
| 2006 | "What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)" | Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens | Pop 100 | 54 |
| Hot 100 | 66 | |||
| 2006 | "When There Was Me and You" | Vanessa Anne Hudgens | Pop 100 | 55 |
| Hot 100 | 71 |
- "Breaking Free" went from number #86 to #4 in its second week, an 82-point jump on the Hot 100.
- "Get'cha Head in the Game" went from number #100 to #23 in its second week, a 77-point jump.
Composers[]
Six composing teams were hired to write the music. The score was written by David Lawrence, and the songs' respective composers are as follows:
- "Start of Something New", "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" and "We’re All in This Together" by Matthew Gerrard & Robbie Nevil
- "Stick to the Status Quo" by David Lawrence & Faye Greenberg
- "Get'cha Head in the Game" by Ray Cham, Greg Cham, and Andrew Seeley and RP Caffrey (Robert Mc Caffrey)
- "Bop to the Top" by Randy Petersen & Kevin Quinn
- "What I’ve Been Looking For" by Andy Dodd & Adam Watts
- "Breaking Free" and "When There Was Me and You" by Jamie Houston
International versions[]
The album has been rerecorded and released in international versions with foreign language lyrics in some countries.
| Song | Original name | Language | Singer(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "High School Musical" | "High School Musical" | Spanish | Mota | Spain |
| "High School Musical" | "High School Musical" | Spanish | Reparto de "High School Musical: El Desafío" | Mexico |
| "Классный мюзикл" (Klassny Myuzikl) | "High School Musical" | Russian | Sergey Lazarev, Kseniya Larina, Mikhail Veselov, Evgeniya Otradnaya & Others | Russia |
| "High School Musical" | "High School Musical" | Hindi | Naresh Kamath, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neuman Pinto, Shweta Pandit, Samantha Edwards, Suzanne D'Mello & Dean D'Souza | India |
International versions have also been released for individual singles.
| Song | Original name | Language | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Наверх в облака" (Naverkh v oblaka) | "Start of Something New" | Russian | Sergey Lazarev & Kseniya Larina |
| "Algo Va A Empezar" | "Start of Something New" | Spanish (Mexico) | Gerardo & Mariana (High School Musical: La Selección) |
| "Ты владеешь мячом" (Ty vladeyesh' myachom) | "Get'cha Head in the Game" | Russian | Sergey Lazarev |
| "Pon la mente en el juego" | "Get'cha Head in the Game" | Spanish (Argentina) | Fernando Dente (High School Musical: La Selección) |
| "Mente en el Juego" | "Get'cha Head in the Game" | Spanish (Mexico) | Cistobal & Cesar (High School Musical: La Selección) |
| "Мы в темные дни грустили одни" (My v temnye dni grustiili odni) | "What I've Been Looking For" | Russian | Sergey Lazarev & Kseniya Larina |
| "Eres Tú" | "What I've Been Looking For" | Spanish (Mexico) | Belanova |
| "O Que Eu Procurava" | "What I've Been Looking For" | Portuguese (Brazil) | Ludov |
| "Estando tú y yo" | "When There Was Me and You" | Spanish (Mexico) | Fabiola (High School Musical: La Selección) |
| "Cuando éramos tú y yo" | "When There Was Me and You" | Spanish (Argentina) | Victoria (High School Musical: La Selección) |
| (Anata to Ita Toki) | "When There Was Me and You" | Japanese | Hitomi Shimatani |
| "Bop to the Top" | "Bop to the Top" | Spanish (Mexico) | High School Musical "La Selección" |
| "Bop to the Top" | "Bop to the Top" | Spanish (Argentina) | Colo & Delfina (High School Musical: La Selección) |
| "Breaking Free (Asian Version)" | "Breaking Free" | English | Vince Chong, Nikki Gil & Alicia Pan |
| "Breaking Free (European Version)" | "Breaking Free" | English | Josh Hoge & Nikki Flores |
| "Tem Que Tentar" | "Breaking Free" | Portuguese (Portugal) | Fellipe Guadanucci & Lenora Hage |
| "Se Provi A Volare" | "Breaking Free" | Italian | Luca Dirisio |
| (Ling yi ge zi ji) | "Breaking Free" | Mandarin | Anson Hu & Stephy Tang |
| "Briser Mes Chaînes" | "Breaking Free" | French | Sofiane |
| "Sólo Hay Que Intentar" | "Breaking Free" | Spanish (Mexico) | Roger González & Carla Medina |
| "Donde Hay Libertad" | "Breaking Free" | Spanish (Mexico) | High School Musical "La Selección" |
| "No Dejes De Soñar" | "Breaking Free" | Spanish (Spain) | Conchita |
| "Masz w sobie wiarę" | "Breaking Free" | Polish | Hania Stach i Andrzej Lampert |
| "ממריאים" (Mamri'im) | "Taking Off"/"Ascending" | Hebrew | Gilat Hillel |
| "Наш звездный час" (Nash zvezdniy chas) | "Breaking Free" | Russian | Sergey Lazarev & Kseniya Larina |
| "Tem Que Tentar" | "Breaking Free" | Portuguese (Brazil) | Fabiola Ribeiro & Beto Marden |
| "Estamos Todos Juntos" | "We're All in This Together" | Spanish (Mexico) | High School Musical "La Selección" |
| "1+1=11" | "We're All in This Together" | Chinese | Go Go Club |
| "Minna Star!" | "We're All in This Together" | Japanese | AAA |
| "Мы все вместе" (My vse vmeste) | "We're All in This Together" | Russian | Sergey Lazarev Kseniya Larina & Other |
Hindi versions[]
| Hindi Title | Original Name | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Yeh Man Gaaye Kyon" | "Start of Something New" | Naresh Kamath & Sunidhi Chauhan |
| "Ho Ek Hi Aim | "Get'cha Head in the Game" | Naresh Kamath |
| "Is Dil Ne Kahi Jo Baatein Nayi | "What I've Been Looking For" | Neuman Pinto & Shweta Pandit |
| "Is Dil Ne Kahi Jo Baatein Nayi (Reprise) | "What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)" | Naresh Kamath & Sunidhi Chauhan |
| "Jo Karte Ho Wohi Karo | "Stick to the Status Quo" | Shweta Pandit & Neuman Pinto, (Chorus) Samantha Edwards, Suzanne D'Mello & Dean D'Souza |
| "Na Jaane Main Aur Tu | "When There Was Me and You" | Sunidhi Chauhan |
| "Paaye Yeh' | "Bop to the Top" | Neuman Pinto & Shweta Pandit |
| "Choole Ambar Hi' | "Breaking Free" | Naresh Kamath & Sunidhi Chauhan |
| "Yeh Maujh Hai Ek Ho Jaaye' | "We're All in This Together" | Naresh Kamath, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neuman Pinto & Shweta Pandit, (Chorus) Samantha Edwards, Suzanne D'Mello & Dean D'Souza |
Release history[]
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | January 10, 2006 | Walt Disney | CD |
| Canada | |||
| Australia | May 27, 2006 | EMI | |
| South Africa | November 13, 2006 | ||
| India | October 2006 | Times Music |
See also[]
External links[]
- Official website
- High School Musical Soundtrack Online Resource
- Tweens use iPods, iTunes to storm the charts
- "High School Musical" Soundtrack Shatters Multiple Records On Billboard Charts
- Jaheim's 'Classics' Crash In At No. 1
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