Sneakernight
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"Sneakernight" was the first single from American pop singer, Vanessa Hudgens on her sophomore album, Identified and was released to Radio Disney on April 11, 2008 and was produced by J.R. Rotem. It was available on iTunes on May 27, 2008.
Song information
The song was featured in some commercials for the reality show So You Think You Can Dance?. "Sneakernight" was also released as a promotion since Hudgens is signed under Red by Marc Ecko.[1] It was available on iTunes on May 27, 2008. Billboard said that, "Sneakernight, takes a G-rated lyric about making your feet comfy into a slightly more mature tome about fancy footwook." They were also surprised that producer J.R. Rotem, gave an uncharacteristically organic landscape that still manages to groove, while Hudgens sounds like she's having a blast with a cute call-and-response with background vocals.[2] The song has been crdited for it's piano drive thereby giving the song it's Jazz influence.
Music video
The music video shows Hudgens going to a house party with a group of friends wearing glowing neon sneakers. It starts with Hudgens calling her friends on her cell phone, and picking out sneakers. On the second verse, she is now at the party and while on her way to a guy staring at her, she is blocked by another guy who tries to impress her by showing some dance moves. The video features some back-up dancers of High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
It premiered on Disney.com on June 13, 2008 and on MTV's TRL last July 1, 2008. The video was directed by Malcolm Jones.[3] The video was considered to be one of the nominees on MTV's VMA'08 but didn't receive sufficient votes to be in one.
After several months, Red by Marc Ecko TV showed another promotional commercial for Ecko shoes and also to support Identified. The new commercial features a never before seen scene of the video.
Charts
The song Sneakernight by Vanessa Hudgens has been listed for 3 weeks in 2 different charts. Its first appearance was week 29/2008 in the Billboard Hot 100 and the last appearance was week 31/2008 in the Canadian Hot 100. Its peak position was number 88, on the Billboard Hot 100, it stayed there for 1 week. Its highest entry was number 88 in the Billboard Hot 100.
| Chart[4] | Peak position |
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| Canadian Hot 100 | 95 |
| Hot Canadian Digital Singles | 70 |
| Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 24 |
| Hot Canadian Digital Singles | 70 |
| Hot Dance Club Play | 43 |
| Hot Digital Songs | 48 |
| Hot Digital Tracks | 45 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 88 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[5] | 20 |
"The Remixes!" EP
A special EP for the remixes of the song, entitled Sneakernight: The Remixes! was released on September 23, 2008. It has seven remixes which features the Mr. Mig Remix and the Albert Castillo one. [6]
- Albert Castillo Club Mix — 6:40
- Albert Castillo Radio Edit — 3:32
- Mr. Mig Dub — 7:39
- Mr. Mig Retrogroove Extended Mix — 6:23
- Mr. Mig Retrogoove Radio Edit — 3:47
- Mr. Mig Rhythm Tribal Extended — 6:55
- Mr. Mig Rhythm Tribal Radio Edit — 4:24