 After the production of the song was deemed unsuitable for Lavigne 's album , the song was passed to several artists including Samantha Moore before finally being recorded by Kelly Clarkson . Benenate also added that it was Mitchell Leib , the President of Music and Soundtracks for Walt Disney Pictures and Television / Buena Vista Music Group , who secured " Breakaway " as one of the soundtracks of The Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagement . In an interview with MTV , Clarkson said that she recorded " Breakaway " to tide fans over until September that year before she released the first single from her second album . Nevertheless , the song 's huge success prompted its inclusion on the album where Clarkson decided to name the album as Breakaway . Clarkson expressed that " Breakaway " was different from everything she has done , saying that it " is a simple song , and I think that its simplicity is what 's beautiful about it . Whenever writers or producers come to work with me , they take advantage of the fact that I can really belt it out . What 's cool about ' Breakaway ' is that it doesn 't take advantage of that . The song just uses the simplicity of my voice . " The song was officially released to radio stations on July 20 , 2004 as the first single of the The Princess Diaries soundtrack . Lavigne 's original demo of the song leaked onto the internet nearly a decade later in April 2014 . 
