Breaking Free

"Breaking Free" is a song from the Disney Channel Original MovieHigh School Musical. It also appears on the soundtrack of the same name. It is sung by Zac Efron, Drew Seeley^[1] and Vanessa Hudgens. It was also released as a single on June 8, 2006.^[2] On June 21, 2006, it was certified as a Gold single by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000.^[3]

While Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez face prejudice from the basketball and scholastic teams, respectively, they both decide that they can pursue their secret dream of performing in a high school musical. The song is sung during the film's climax when Troy and Gabriella participate in callbacks in front of the entire student body. In-universe, the duet is written and composed by Kelsi Nielsen for the second act of the Twinkle Towne school musical.^[4]

The song, performed at the film's climax, is a "chirpy slow-jam". It's written in the key of C minor in the beginning and then it modulates to D minor at the end of the song. ^[5]

In its second week on the BillboardHot 100, the single jumped from number 86 to number 4, the largest jump in the chart's history up to that point. "Breaking Free" was also the top-selling song of the week, reaching number one on the Digital Songs chart. The single went platinum.^[6]

As the climax of the film, "Breaking Free" was not released to any video countdowns in the US. In Germany, a music video was created for a remix of the song using behind-the-scenes footage, and was later included on the High School Musical Remix Edition DVD.^[7] In 2020, Disney+ added the original scene to their library, labelling it a music video.^[8]

British pop-duo Same Difference included a studio version of the song on their debut album, Pop.^[9]

El grupo de rock estadounidense The Faded hizo una versión de "Breaking Free" para la compilación High School Musical Goes Punk de Skunk-Ape Records, e incluso hizo un video musical en YouTube . ^{[ 10 ] [ 11 ]}

La banda de rock Porter Block también grabó una versión para la compilación de versiones de Ending Room Recordings, Guilt by Association Vol. 1. ^{[ 12 ]}

También fue versionada por la adolescente inglesa Skyla en junio de 2009. ^{[ 13 ]}

Joshua Bassett y Olivia Rodrigo interpretaron una versión para el final de la primera temporada de High School Musical: The Musical: The Series . La canción también formó parte de la banda sonora de la serie . ^{[ 14 ]}

Soltero en EE. UU. y Reino Unido

1. "Liberándose"
2. "El comienzo de algo nuevo"

Soltero italiano

1. "Liberándose"

1. "El comienzo de algo nuevo"
2. "Se Provi a Volare" (Interpretada por Luca Dirisio)

Soltero mexicano

1. " Eres Tú " (Interpretada por Belanova )

Soltero portugués

1. "Liberándose"
2. "O Que Eu Procurava" (Interpretada por Ludov)
3. "Só Tem Que Tentar"

Sencillo francés

1. "Liberándose"

Único europeo

1. "Liberándose"
2. "Liberándose" (Instrumental)
3. "Liberándose" (Remix)

Soltero asiático

1. "Liberándose" (Interpretada por Vince Chong , Nikki Gil y Alicia Pan)

Soltero chino

1. "Liberándose (Versión en mandarín)"