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. It is the only single from her second album, ''

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''. Produced by

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, it was available on

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on May 27, 2008. The song and its accompanying music video were used for an

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commercial.

Critical reception

Maria Dinoia of ''Common Sense Media'' stated: "Parents need to know that unlike this High School Musical star's other songs that tend to be about boys and high school relationships, this one is an innocuous song about going dancing. The tame video shows Hudgens putting on her sneakers, heading to the club, and yes, dancing."(). Ryan Dombal of ''

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'' said: "And it all seems innocent enough — but that "basically" makes us think there may be more to these sneakernights than mere dancing. The innuendo is there for those who want to hear it ("Put your sneakers on / Let’s go all night long!"). Teens will dance (and giggle), parents will overpay for the concert and all will be right with the teen pop universe."().

Music video

The

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shows Hudgens going to a house party with a group of friends wearing glowing neon sneakers (

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shoes). It starts with Hudgens calling her friends on her

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, 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. It premiered on

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.com on June 13, 2008 and on

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's ''

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'' on July 1, 2008. The video was directed by

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Charts

Weekly charts

Credits and personnel

*Vocals -

*Songwriting -

, S. Nymoen, L. Solf *Production - J. R. Rotem Credits are adapted from the ''Identified'' album liner notes.

Formats and track listings

;Digital download # "Sneakernight" ;Europe download bundleGerman-Download tracklisting
German DOWNLOAD SINGLE # "Sneakernight" # "Sneakernight" (Mr. Mig Retrogroove Edit) # "Sneakernight" (Albert Castillo Radio Mix) ;Sneakernight the Remixes EP # "Sneakernight" (Albert Castillo Club Mix) # "Sneakernight" (Albert Castillo Radio Mix) # "Sneakernight" (Mr. Mig Dub Remix) # "Sneakernight" (Mr. Mig Retrogroove Edit) # "Sneakernight" (Mr. Mig Retrogoove Extended) # "Sneakernight" (Mr. Mig Rhythm Tribal Extended) # "Sneakernight" (Mr. Mig Rhythm Tribal Radio)

References

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