Barney Theme Song

Barney is a Dinosaur (more commonly known as the Barney Theme Song) is what starts every Barney & Friends episode, every live tour and almost all Barney videos. The tune is based off of Yankee Doodle.

Lyrics

The Barney Theme has been sung in different ways and all English ones are listed here.

The most common version is the TV show version

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination
And when he's tall
he's what we call a dinosaur sensation

Barney's friends are big and small
they come from lots of places
after school they meet to play 
and sing with happy faces

Barney shows us lots of things
Like how to play pretend
ABC's, and 123's
And how to be a friend

Barney comes to play with us 
Whenever we may need him
Barney can be your friend too 
If you just make-believe him!

However, in the Backyard Gang series, the second and third verses were very different

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination
And when he's tall
he's what we call a dinosaur sensation

Barney lives with Michael and
With Amy, then you'll soon see
Little Tina tags along
With her big sister Luci

Jason/Derek is in Barney's club
And Adam has a ticket
But Mom has never seen him,
since she doesn't know our secret

Barney comes to play with us 
Whenever we may need him
Barney can be your friend too 
If you just make-believe him!

In live tours, on the other hand, the TV theme is just shortened to the first and last verses

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination
And when he's tall
he's what we call a dinosaur sensation

Barney comes to play with us 
Whenever we may need him
Barney can be your friend too 
If you just make-believe him!

Facts

• The Barney theme was slower in the Backyard Gang era and was sped up for the TV show
• Though the TV show theme arrangements have been different, the melody and lyrics have been the same since 1992.