High School Musical (soundtrack)

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 	Peakposition	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	 	
2006	"Breaking Free" 	Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens	US Billboard 100	4
2006	"Breaking Free" 	Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens	Pop 100 	6
2006	"Breaking Free" 	Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens	UK Singles Chart	9
2006	"Get'cha Head in the Game" 	Zac Efron 	Hot 100 	23
2006	"Get'cha Head in the Game" 	Zac Efron 	Pop 100 	23
2006	"Start of Something New" 	Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens	Hot 100 	28
2006	"Start of Something New" 	Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens	Pop 100 	30
2006	"Stick to the Status Quo" 	High School Musical Cast 	Pop 100 	37
2006	"Stick to the Status Quo" 	High School Musical Cast 	Hot 100 	43
2007	"Stick to the Status Quo" 	High School Musical Cast 	UK Singles Chart	74
2006	"We're All in This Together" 	High School Musical Cast 	Pop 100 	32
2006	"We're All in This Together" 	High School Musical Cast 	Hot 100 	34
2007	"We're All in This Together" 	High School Musical Cast 	UK Singles Chart	40
2006	"What I've Been Looking For" 	Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel 	Pop 100 	34
2006	"What I've Been Looking For" 	Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel 	Hot 100 	35
2006	"What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)"	Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens	Pop 100 	54
2006	"What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)"	Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens	Hot 100 	66
2006	"When There Was Me and You" 	Vanessa Anne Hudgens 	Pop 100 	55
2006	"When There Was Me and You" 	Vanessa Anne Hudgens 	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 and Robbie Nevil
*"Stick to the Status Quo" by David Lawrence and 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 and Kevin Quinn
*"What I’ve Been Looking For" by Andy Dodd and 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, and others 	Russia
"High School Musical" 	"High School Musical"	Hindi 	Naresh Kamath, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neuman Pinto, Shweta Pandit, Samantha Edwards, Suzanne D'Mello, and 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 and Kseniya Larina
"Algo Va A Empezar" 	"Start of Something New" 	Spanish (Mexico) 	Gerardo and 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 and 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 and 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 and Delfina (High School Musical: La Selección)
"Breaking Free (Asian Version)" 	"Breaking Free" 	English 	Vince Chong, Nikki Gil, and Alicia Pan
"Breaking Free (European Version)" 	"Breaking Free" 	English 	Josh Hoge and Nikki Flores
"Tem Que Tentar" 	"Breaking Free" 	Portuguese (Portugal)	Fellipe Guadanucci and Lenora Hage
"Se Provi A Volare" 	"Breaking Free" 	Italian 	Luca Dirisio
(Ling yi ge zi ji) 	"Breaking Free" 	Mandarin 	Anson Hu and Stephy Tang
"Briser Mes Chaînes" 	"Breaking Free" 	French 	Sofiane
"Sólo Hay Que Intentar" 	"Breaking Free" 	Spanish (Mexico) 	Roger González and 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 and Kseniya Larina
"Tem Que Tentar" 	"Breaking Free" 	Portuguese (Brazil) 	Fabiola Ribeiro and 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 and others
===Hindi versions===
Hindi Title 	Original Name 	Singer(s)
"Yeh Man Gaaye Kyon" 	"Start of Something New" 	Naresh Kamath and 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 and Shweta Pandit
"Is Dil Ne Kahi Jo Baatein Nayi (Reprise)	"What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)"	Naresh Kamath and 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 and Shweta Pandit
"Choole Ambar Hi' 	"Breaking Free" 	Naresh Kamath and 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 	January 10, 2006 	Walt Disney	CD
Australia 	May 27, 2006 	EMI 	CD
South Africa 	November 13, 2006	EMI 	CD
India 	October 2006 	Times Music	CD
 	 	Times Music	
==See also==
*High School Musical
*High School Musical 2
*High School Musical 3: Senior Year
==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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