What Time Is It? (song)

"What Time Is It?"
Single by High School Musical Cast
from the album High School Musical 2
Released	July 17, 2007[1](Radio Disney) July 31, 2007 (iTunes)
Format	CD, digital download
Recorded	2007
Genre	Dance-pop, teen pop, R&B
Length	3:18
Label	Walt Disney
Writer(s)	Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil
High School Musical singles chronology
"Breaking Free" (2006) "What Time Is It?" (2007) "You Are the Music in Me" (2007)
Corbin Bleu singles chronology "Deal with It" (2007) "What Time Is It?" (2007) "I Don't Dance" (2007) Vanessa Hudgens singles chronology "Say OK" (2007) "What Time Is It?" (2007) "You Are the Music in Me" (2007) Ashley Tisdale singles chronology "Be Good to Me" (2007) "What Time Is It?" (2007) "He Said She Said" (2007)

"What Time Is It?" is the opening musical number and first single from the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical 2. It is featured on the High School Musical 2 soundtrack, and is the first song off the High School Musical 2 soundtrack.

The song had its world premiere on Radio Disney on May 25, 2007^[1] as part of its Planet Premiere featurette. On June 8, Disney premiered the video as a sneak peek in multiple nations at close to the same time. The single was released on July 16, 2007 worldwide, and on July 17, 2007 in the United States.

The song was played during the Sydney Harbour New Years Eve fireworks on December 31, 2007.

Music video

Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay (center) in the music video.

The song's video clip and the sequence in the movie commence with the whole of the East High Wildcats in a classroom. On the blackboard in that classroom, a photo is visible with Sharpay and Ryan Evans performing "Bop to the Top", next to where it says "School's Out!" A poster for the East High Winter Musical, "Twinkle Town", featuring Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) is also visible. When the clock has ten seconds to go before the bell, the class commenced chanting "summer!" getting louder until the bell rings, after which the song is performed. The music video contains clips directly from the movie, and was released on July 31, 2007 on the iTunes Store. The music video was also released on the Disney Channel.

Other versions

• In November 2007, the cast performed a Christmas version of "What Time Is It?" (i.e.; What time is it? Christmastime!) in Disneyland for the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade telecast, as all the cast was there except Zac and Lucas. The broadcast aired on ABC Christmas Day (December 25).
• At Tokyo Disneyland's Jubilation! Parade, part of the song (with revised lyrics) is heard sung in English during the showstop.
• Spanish singer Edurne recorded a version of this song on her 2008 album Premiere.

Formats

Enhanced CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"What Time Is It?" (Radio Edit)	3:18
2.	"High School Musical 2" (Movie Trailer)	2:09

iTunes digital tracklist

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Radio Disney Interview: High School Musical 2"	2:14
2.	"What Time Is It?"	3:31

Charts

What Time Is It? is the most successful High School Musical song to date making it to Number 20 in the UK, it is the second Disney Channel based material song to enter the Top 20, behind Hilary Duff's "Why Not" which peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart in 2004.^[2]

Chart (2007)[3]	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	20
Canadian Hot 100	5
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	61
Irish Singles Chart	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	6
UK Singles Chart	20

Parodies

On Late Show with David Letterman on August 28, 2007, a parody video – with new lyrics – ran. It was for a fictional Al Jazeera movie called Al-Qaeda Musical Jihad 2.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Radio Disney "What Time is It?" World Premiere
2. ^ Why Not (song)
3. ^ "Cast Of High School Musical - What Time Is It global chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved July 31, 2007.