Duff's music career began with two soundtrack appearances. In 2002, she appeared on the soundtrack to "Lizzie McGuire", performing a cover of Brooke McClymont's "I Can't Wait", and the Walt Disney Records compilation "DisneyMania", performing a cover of "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room". Recke noted of Duff's "DisneyMania" appearance, "That was the first test to see how her fans would react to her as a singer and not just an actress". Duff stated that she felt Christmas came early for her when she recorded "Santa Claus Lane". She continued, "I really loved singing these songs. It was a lot of hard work, but also big fun!"