Buckle Up My Seatbelt

Barney Songs

"Buckle Up My Seatbelt"

Debuted in

"Playing It Safe"

Music by

Traditional ("Skip to My Lou")

Lyrics by

Stephen White

Usage

New Material
1992-2005

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"Buckle Up My Seatbelt" is an original Barney song that first appeared in the episode "Playing It Safe". It uses the tune of the song "Skip to My Lou".

Lyrics[]

Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving to my house, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my house, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my house, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving to my Grandma's, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my Grandma's, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my Grandma's, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving to the store, I buckle my belt.
Driving to the store, I buckle my belt.
Driving to the store, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving to my house, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my house, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my house, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Sittin' in my chair, I buckle my belt.
Sittin' in my chair, I buckle my belt.
Sittin' in my chair, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Going for a ride, I buckle my belt.
Going for a ride, I buckle my belt.
Going for a ride, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Driving everywhere, I buckle my belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.
Buckle up my seatbelt.

Impact[]

Between the first and second seasons, a mother wrote to the Barney producers that the song helped save her and her daughter when they got in a car accident. When the mom and her young daughter were stopped at an intersection in a car, the unbuckled daughter began to sing "Buckle Up My Seatbelt" to convey to her mother that she needed to be buckled. The mother noticed the issue and buckled her daughter in her seat. When the light turned green, they arrived at another intersection where another car slammed into them after running the light. The mother and daughter were bruised, but authorities recognized that the seatbelt saved the daughter's life. ^[1] When he heard the story, Stephen White recognized the mom as a voice actress he worked with, prior to Barney, and made him realize the impact of the song.

Trivia[]

In the episode "Are We There Yet?", the third verse of this song was not sung, unlike other appearances/usages.

Usage[]

Barney Safety (Scene Taken from "Playing It Safe")
Planes, Trains & Cars (Scene Taken from "On the Road Again")

Barney's Favorites, Volume 2 (Audio Taken from "A Very Special Delivery!")
Start Singing With Barney

Safety Songs Driver (2003)

References[]

↑ INTERVIEW: Stephen White - Writer from Barney & Friends November 13, 2015 Retrieved January 1, 2023

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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"