"I Love You" is a Barney song that wraps up every Barney & Friends episode and almost every Barney home video, soundtrack album, and live tour. The song is a symbol of how Barney loves people deeply and how his friends are like family to him. It made its grand debut in the Barney & the Backyard Gang video, "The Backyard Show". It uses the same tune as "This Old Man". The song's lyrics were penned by Lee Bernstein, and were first published in a book called Piggyback Songs: New Songs Sung to the Tune of Childhood Favorites by Warren Publishing House in 1983, five years before the first Barney video was made. A lawsuit over the song was filed by the publishers in 1993.[1]
Lyrics
I love you, you love me.
We're as happy as can be.
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you,
Won't you say you love me too?
I love you, you love me.
We're a happy family.
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you,
Won't you say you love me too?
I love you, you love me.
We're a happy family.
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you,
Won't you say you love me too?
I love you, you love me,
We're best friends,
Like friends should be
With a great big hug,
And a kiss from me to you,
Won't you say you love me too?
Trivia
- The only four Barney videos/shows where "I Love You" wasn't sung: "Rock with Barney" (although it was an underscore for when Barney came to life, then at the end), "Imagination Island", Barney Live! In New York City (both because of the impending lawsuit), and "Best Fairy Tales" (for unknown reasons). The soundtrack album, Barney's Favorites Vol. 2 didn't have the song either, due to the lawsuit.
- Though this song is usually sung at the end of most Barney media, it was sung near the beginning of most Backyard Gang videos (with the exception of "Barney Goes to School" and "Barney in Concert").
- An extended version of "I Love You", sung by Sheena Easton, Take 6, Jeffrey Osborne, Gina, and the First AME Choir of Los Angeles, was included on the Barney's Great Adventure soundtrack (but not in the actual movie itself).
References
- ↑ Zorn, Eric (January 05, 1993). "Even Barney Has To Face The Music". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 20, 2016.