Sharpay Bop To The Top Lyrics

Getting the Right Lyrics for Bop to the Top

I spent way too long trying to track down accurate Sharpay Bop To The Top Lyrics back when I was trying to compile song lyrics for a fan project. The internet was full of copy-pasted pages that had wrong lines, missing verses, or just completely made-up lyrics that weren't even close. What you'll find below is the correct version based on the official soundtrack. I'm including the full lyrics in the section below.

Sharpay Bop To The Top Lyrics

Bop to the top, baby
I'ma get you
If you're not down you're gonna regret it
I'm a star and I can't be stopped
Bop to the top, baby
I'ma get you
If you're not down you're gonna regret it
I'm a star and I can't be stopped
It's my show and I will stop at nothin'
I am Shar-ay and I can't be forgotten
If you wanna dance with me then you better follow the rules
My show or no show, that's just what it's gonna be
Now bop to the top and don't stop until you get to the top
Bop to the top and don't stop until you get to the top
It's my moment, I will own it
I am Shar-ay and I can't be overthrown it
If you wanna dance with me then you better follow the rules
My show or no show, that's just what it's gonna be
Now bop to the top and don't stop until you get to the top
Bop to the top and don't stop until you get to the top
Top, top, top, top, top!

The song is performed by Ashley Tisdale's character Sharpay Evans in High School Musical 2. It plays during the talent show sequence where Sharpay is trying to assert her dominance and win over the audience. The production style is fairly straightforward pop with a lot of emphasis on attitude rather than complex arrangement. When I was looking for these lyrics years ago, the biggest problem was that most lyric sites had different versions. Some would include ad-libs that weren't in the movie version, others would skip entire sections. I ended up just pausing the DVD at each line and typing it out myself. Took about 20 minutes but it was the only way to be sure. If you're looking to download this track, it's available on the High School Musical 2 soundtrack album. You can find it on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music. The song runs approximately 3 minutes and 18 seconds. I'd recommend grabbing the official version rather than a remix or cover unless you have a specific reason.

One thing people often get wrong is that this song wasn't actually written for the movie. It was originally recorded by the cast during the first HSM filming and the version in HSM2 is a re-recording. That's why some fans notice slight differences in delivery compared to early bootleg recordings floating around from 2006. The re-recorded version has cleaner vocals and a slightly different mix, but the lyrics are substantially the same. If you're trying to learn this for a performance or karaoke set, the main difficulty is the vocal range. Sharpay's part sits comfortably in a mid-range belt, but the rapid-fire delivery in the verses requires good breath control. I found that practicing with a metronome at 80% speed helped me lock in the timing before slowly bringing it up to tempo. Most people try to sing it full-out from the start and end up rushing through lines or missing syllables entirely. The choreography for this number is equally important if you're doing a staged version. The "bop" move itself is basically a shoulder shimmy with a hand gesture pointing upward. It sounds simple but doing it in time with the beat while maintaining vocal stability is harder than it looks. I watched enough practice videos to realize that most people are just faking the bop rather than actually hitting it on beat.

I should mention that if you're using these lyrics for anything commercial, you'll need licensing. The song is published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing and the recording is owned by Walt Disney Records. Fair use covers things like commentary, criticism, and educational content, but if you're putting this on a monetized platform or using it in a production, reach out to the rights holders first. I learned this the hard way after a school production got a Cease and Desist over it.