Barney - The Song

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Barney - The Song

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"Barney - The Song" is the title song for Barney's Great Adventure, written by Broadway songwriter Jerry Herman. In the film and for the film's soundtrack, it was sung by Bernadette Peters.

Background[]

Jerry Herman was approached by Sheryl Leach to write a song for Barney's Great Adventure.^[1] Herman felt that he couldn't do it, as he didn't usually write for characters he didn't create^[2] and he felt Barney was too simplistic.^[1]^[3] During a visit with his goddaughter Sarah, she began telling him about a play date she had with her Barney doll. Hearing this, he realized that Barney symbolizes imagination and this gave him the hook to start writing the song.^[2]

Lyrics[]

If Barney the dinosaur
Comes knocking on your front door,
Just go and play with him,
Find your way with him
To the world of imagination.

Oh, Barney, your smiling face
Can make life a better place.
So, smile along with him,
Sing a song with him
In the world of imagination.

When there's no one there
To understand,
He pops up and takes you by the hand
To some enchanted land.

So, Barney, our purple friend,
Our friendship will never end.
Just keep on needing us,
Keep on leading us
To the world of imagination.

When there's no one there
To understand,
He pops up and takes you by the hand
To some enchanted land.

So, Barney, our purple friend,
Our friendship will never end.
And even when we're grown,
We'll be glad we've known
Barney's world of imagination.

Barney's world of imagination!

Barney.
Barney.
Barney...

If Barney the dinosaur
Comes knocking on your front door,
Just go and play with him,
Find your way with him
To the world of imagination.

Oh, Barney, your smiling face
Can make life a better place.
So, smile along with him,
Sing a song with him
In the world of imagination.

When there's no one there
To understand,
He pops up and takes you by the hand
To some enchanted land.

Oh, Barney, our purple friend,
Our friendship will never end.
Just keep on needing us,
Keep on leading us
To the world of imagination.

Barney's world of imagination!

So, Barney, our purple friend,
Our friendship will never end.
And even when we're grown,
We'll be glad we've known
Barney's world of imagination.

Barney's world of imagination!

Barney.
Barney.
Barney...

Usage[]

Trivia[]

This song was nominated for Worst New Song in the 1999 Razzie Awards

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Dolan, Christine. "Musical craftsman Jerry Herman is what he is", The Miami Herald. April 12, 1998. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Smith, Liz. "From Broadway to Barney", The Journal News. April 18, 1998. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
↑ "Musical musings of Jerry Herman", Hartford Currant. July 23, 1997. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

v - e

Characters
Barney • Baby Bop • BJ • Cody • Abby • Marcella • Miss Goldfinch • Grandpa Greenfield • Grandma Greenfield • Twinken • Baby Fig • The Collector • Mr. Millet • Agnes • Ralph

Music

Soundtrack: Barney's Great Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sing-Along: Barney's Great Adventure Sing Along

Songs: "Barney - The Song" • "Imagine" • "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" • "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" • "If You're Happy and You Know It" • "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"" • "Count the Stars" • "Who's Inside It?" • "All The Pretty Little Ponies" • "If All the Raindrops" • "Frère Jacques" • "We're Gonna Find a Way" • "You Can • "Dream (Twinken's Tune)" • "Let's Sing All the Way Home" • "You Can Do Anything" • "Rainbows Follow the Rain" • "Lavender's Blue" • "Goodnight" • "I Love You (Extended Version)"

See also: "Pies That Surprise" • "Things Get Lost"

Books
Barney's Alphabet Fun! • Barney's Animal Homes • Barney Goes to the Farm • Barney's Adventure Hunt • Barney's Baby Farm Animals • Barney's Great Adventure: The Chase is On! • Barney and Twinken • Barney's Great Adventure (Smart Pages book) • Barney's Great Adventure

Locations
Greenfield Farm • Goldfinch's House

Licensees
Hasbro (Playskool • Milton Bradley Company • Parker Brothers)

v - e Barney & Friends Songs

Season One debuts

"The Barney Bag" • "Animal Parade" • "Barney's Dilemma" • "Riding in the Car" • "The Sister Song" • "Where is Family?" • "My Family's Just Right For Me" • "The Traffic Light Song" • "Buckle Up My Seatbelt" • "Walk Across the Street" • "The Stranger Song" • "Tina's Sad Song" • "Our Friend Barney" • "The Clapping Song" • "The Exercise Song" • "Move Your Body" • "Shape Up Freeze" • "Animals in Motion" • "Mish Mash Soup" • "The Milk Song" • "Snackin' On Healthy Food" • "Four Seasons Day" • "If It Never Rained Again" • "The Fall Song" • "Painting the Shapes" • "The Rainbow Song" • "The Airplane Song" • "Taking Turns" • "The Shadow Song" • "I Used to Be Afraid" • "Growing" • "Frosting the Cake" • "The N Game" • "Alphabet Soup" • "Brushing My Teeth" • "Simple and Beautiful a Rainbow" • "Mother Goose, Please Appear" • "I'm Mother Goose" • "The Friendship Song" • "Twinkle Little Lightning Bug" • "The Career March" • "When I Grow Up" • "People Helping Other People" • "The Waitress Song" • "The Five Senses Song" • "The Marching Song" • "Lookin' Round My Neighborhood" • "We Like Rocks" • "Scary Stories" • "Swingin' Up to the Stars" • "Please and Thank You" • "Splashin' in the Bath" • "Carnival of Numbers" • "Number Limbo" • "The Doctor is a Friend of Mine" • "Sleep Song" • "This Is Not My Day" • "Pretty Kitty Blues" • "It's OK to Cry" • "When I Get Mad" • "That's a Home to Me" • "If I Lived Under the Sea" • "The Fiesta Song" • "A La Derecha" • "Tortilla Song" • "Piñata Song"

Season Two debuts

"I Like Autumn" • "No Matter What The Name" • "No Matter Where They Are" • "Turn Off the Light" • "My Yellow Blankey" • "Wave the Flags" • "The Library" • "Listen" • "Hello, Goodbye" • "The Clean Up Clock" • "Happy Dancin'" • "A Silly Hat" • "It's Nice Just to Be Me" • "Look at Me, I'm Three" • "Silly Things" • "Indoor-Outdoor Voices" • "Just Imagine" • "Jungle Adventure" • "The Tiger Song" • "Ten Little Fingers and Toes" • "A Big Parade Of Numbers"

Season Three debuts

"The Raindrop Song" • "I'm Glad I Have a Brother" • "We've Got Shoes" • "Hoe-Down on the Range" • "Here Comes the Firetruck" • "When I'm a Firefighter" • "Gonna Have a Party" • "The Mail Song" • "Pumpernickel" • "Make the Bread" • "The Baby Bop Hop" • "Friends of Mine" • "Our New School" • "Little Chickadees" • "Someone to Love You Forever" • "Classical Crash" • "Let's Do the Tricks My Doggie Does" • "Let's Take Care of Our Pets" • "Big and Little" • "Hooray for Moms and Dads" • "What Can We Play on a Rainy Day?" • "Jungle Adventure (Safari Version)" • "The Elephant Song" • "Here, Kitty Kitty" • "Have a Snack!" • "Wash the Car" • "Let's Go On An Adventure" • "That's Hats" • "Hey, Look at Me! I Can Fly!"

Season Four debuts

"The Classroom Song" • "Colors All Around" • "I Can See It on Your Face" • "Pennies in My Pocket" • "Everybody Should Listen" • "Ticky Ticky Tock" • "By Myself" • "Try and Try Again" • "Clean Up! Do Our Share" • "You Can Count on Me" • "We're Sailing Out Over the Ocean" • "The Construction Song" • "A Family Tradition" • "It's a Great Day" • "Oh, How I Love Trees" • "Squishy, Squashy, Washy" • "When You Have a Ball" • "Roll, Roll, Roll the Ball" • "Share Your Stuff" • "In and Out the Windmill" • "It's a Fun, Fun Sunny Day!" • "It's C-C Cold BRRRR" • "The Yum Yum Song" • "Way Up in a Tree" • "Keep Your Sneeze to Yourself" • "Why?" • "Gonna Have A Picnic" • "The More We Crank The Handle" • "Books Are Fun!" • "The Gaggle, Giggle, Wiggle Dance" • "Every Animal Talks In Its Own Special Way" • "The Adventure Song" • "The Butter Song"

Season Five debuts

"Tell a Grown-Up Friend" • "Saying "Be Careful" Means I Love You" • "The Tummy Song" • "When I'm Old Enough to Join the Band" • "You Might Like Something New" • "I Can Do It" • "I Can Do" • "I Put a Smile On" • "My Jeans are Always Blue" • "I Love to Read" • "This is the Day We Grow the Corn" • "Little Honey Bees" • "Colors Make Me Happy" • "Being Together" • "Riding on a Bike" • "I Am Learning to Spell My Name" • "The Alphabet Parade"

Season Six debuts
"I'd Love to Sail" • "Sharing Together" • "What Will We See at the Zoo?" • "Exercising...Won't You Come and Join Me?" • "What Would I Do Without My Teeth?" • "Look at Me, I'm Dancing" • "Growing Big and Tall" • "Do Some Exercise"

Season Seven debuts

"The Idea Song" • "The Caboose Rides in the Back" • "Up Is Up and Down Is Down" • "Run, Run in One Place" • "Music Is For Everyone" • "I'm a Happy Helper" • "The Pudding Song" • "In and Out the Circle" • "Patter of the Rain" • "Bubbles" • "The Duckies Do" • "Swinging Up and Down" • "Shapes" • "It's a Wonderful World of Shapes" • "Me and My Family" • "Splash and Sprinkle" • "My Very Cool House"

Season Eight debuts
"A Swing is a Beautiful Thing" • "Lookie! It's a Cookie!" • "In the Kitchen" • "A Perfectly Purple Day" • "PIANO" • "Gonna Play Baseball" • "Toss It Out a Window" • "I Love Birthdays" • "I Can Be Anything" • "What If You Could Be in the Spotlight" • "The Hopping Song"