Sing & Dance With Barney

This video is not to be confused with the DVD sampler Sing & Dance with Barney & Friends.

Barney Home Video
Sing & Dance With Barney
Release Date	January 12, 1999
Rereleased	Yes
Available on DVD	Yes
Written by	Mark S. Bernthal
Directed by	Steven Feldman
Run Time	54 Minutes
Previous	Barney's Good, Clean Fun! / Barney's Oh, Brother...She's My Sister
Next	What A World We Share

Title card

Sing & Dance With Barney is a 1999 direct-to-video Barney Home Video that was released on January 12, 1999. Directed by Steven Feldman and written by Mark S. Bernthal, this video commemorated the tenth anniversary of Barney. This was the first Barney video to involve a cast reunion.

Plot

The kids get a mysterious invitation for a party. All of the children get together and gather in the treehouse as directed by the invitations they received. As the kids gather inside the treehouse, Barney springs to life, delighted and happy to see all of his friends. Barney hints that they'll be seeing more friends as the day goes on. Eventually, BJ and Baby Bop join the gang as they received invitations as well. Barney makes it known that they've all arrived at his "Super-Dee-Duper Sing-Along", decorating the treehouse in balloons and streamers and eventually providing snacks. Barney makes it known that the sing-along will be filled with more surprises. Eventually, the gang gets surprised by the sound of a cow and they arrive at Grandpa's Farm. After their trip at the farm, they arrive back at the treehouse to be surprised by more of Barney's friends (Tosha, Michael and Kathy). They explain that they've been friends with Barney for a long time, since they were children, showcasing old pictures with them. As BJ, Baby Bop and the children head to get snacks, the older crowd thanks Barney for inviting them to the party and recall some memories they with him, further emphasizing that they can always count on him. Given that he has so many friends who can count on him, Barney makes the point that his friends are just like his family.

Eventually, while carrying balloons, BJ runs into Linda, Danny and Kim. He explains that there's a sing-along occurring in the treehouse. Seeing that BJ lost his balloons, it reminds the gang of an airplane flying in the sky, in which they eventually pretend to be in one. Eventually, the gang runs into Baby Bop who's using her blankey for her toys. She explains the various other uses she has for her blankey and eventually sings about her love for it.

Linda, Danny and Kim arrive in the treehouse and thank Barney for inviting them. He introduces the three to Michael, Tosha and Kathy. Linda wonders if they've played any games yet, prompting them to sing and play along to "The Clapping Song". Danny soon wonders what's next to do, prompting Barney to reveal that more surprises are in store. Kim whispers to Barney of her suggestion and gives Linda and Danny a hint of her suggestion, Danny fails to guess correctly when he said go hiking so Kim gives them another hint. Linda succeeds when she guesses that their going camping, Linda, Danny and Kim head down to the school's playground to see a tent, with BJ and Baby Bop in front of it. Everyone heads inside the tent and is lead into Barney's Fun-tastic Forest. It eventually turns into nighttime and Barney and a few others go to look at the stars. Kathy finds Linda alone near the tent wondering as to why she didn't go with the others. Holding her teddy bear, she explains that she's afraid of the dark. Kathy explains that she felt the same way and explains that her teddy bear made her feel safe when she was little too. At another area in the forest, Barney, Tosha, Robert and Hannah look at the moon and stars.

After their camping trip, Stephen wonders what other surprises Barney has left for them. Barney's older friends decide to surprise Barney with the arrival of Min and Jason. The gang recalls more memories as they look at old photos. Min shows everyone a book she enjoyed reading when she was younger, which has a picture of a castle on it. It reminds her of the time that Barney took her, Derek, Michael, and Tina to see a real castle. Robert asks Barney if he could take them to see a castle now, prompting some of Barney's old and new friends to be in Storybook Land, a magical place where fairy tales become reality (complete with a castle). Later, Kim, Jeff, Linda and Hannah arrive in Storybook Land and are amazed that they are dressed like the people who live in castles. Baby Bop and BJ show off that they're pretending to be a queen and Old King Cole respectively to Barney. Baby Bop eventually sees a book with candy on the cover, Linda thought the story was candy, then thunder comes and it's a story of rain, prompting everyone to imagine that it's raining candy. After the pretend rain stops, they see a rainbow. Back in the treehouse, Barney tells everyone (including the viewer) that they're special and they tell him the same and that he can count on them. Barney thanks his friends for making it a special day for him. While the children express their favorite parts of the day, Barney tells them that the best part was spending time with his friends. Then confetti comes down and the party continues.

Cast

Cast & Crew of Sing & Dance With Barney

Barney with the original children's cast of Barney & Friends.

• Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner)
• Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jeff Ayers)
• BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jeff Brooks)
• Linda (Adrianne Kangas)
• Jeff (Austin Ball)
• Keesha (Mera Baker)
• Hannah (Marisa Kuers)
• Stephen (Chase Gallatin)
• Robert (Angel Velasco)
• Kim (Erica Rhodes)
• Danny (Jeffrey Hood)
• Min (Pia Manalo)
• Tosha (Hope Cervantes)
• Michael (Brian Eppes)
• Kathy (Lauren King)
• Jason (Kurt Dykhuizen)

Songs

Most of the songs in this video are traditional children's songs and Barney songs from both the Backyard Gang videos and the first two seasons of Barney & Friends, except "You Can Count on Me", which debuted in the season four episode of Barney & Friends titled "Waiting For Mr. MacRooney".

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "The More We Get Together"
3. "If You're Happy and You Know It" *
4. "Mister Sun"
5. "Down on Grandpa's Farm"
6. "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
7. "BINGO"
8. "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" *
9. "Growing"
10. "You Can Count on Me" *
11. "My Family's Just Right for Me"
12. "The Airplane Song"
13. "My Yellow Blankey"
14. "The Clapping Song"
15. "A Camping We Will Go"
16. "And the Green Grass Grows All Around"
17. "Me and My Teddy"
18. "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
19. "Mr. Knickerbocker"
20. "Just Imagine" *
21. "Castles So High"
22. "Old King Cole"
23. "If All the Raindrops"
24. "The Rainbow Song"
25. "Everyone is Special"
26. "You Can Count on Me (Reprise)"
27. "I Love You"

NOTE: * notes a song was instrumentally played during the end credits.

Production

Production for this video took place in July 1998 at the Studios at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. While filming, the working title of this video was "Super-Dee-Duper Sing-A-Long".

Casting

John David Bennett, II was invited to appear in this video reprising his role of "Shawn", but he declined due to filming the comedy movie Certain Guys at the time of the making of Sing & Dance With Barney.

Soundtrack and CD

Music CD of Sing & Dance With Barney.

Main Article: Te Quiero Lo Mejor de Barney

Te Quiero Lo Mejor de Barney is a Spanish soundtrack with songs from the home video Sing & Dance With Barney. It was released in 2000 by Tycoon Music.

The 2009 re-release included a bonus music CD that contained five songs from the video. Distributed by HIT Entertainment and Lionsgate the CD is seven minutes and forty-one seconds long. All of the songs on the CD are taken from the album I Love to Sing with Barney, with the exception of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" which was taken directly from Sing & Dance With Barney. The CD contained the following songs:

1. "The Clapping Song"
2. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
3. "The More We Get Together"
4. "If You're Happy and You Know It"
5. "You Can Count on Me"

Marketing

Sing & Dance With Barney was advertised in a major national campaign including print (Parade, People, Readers Digest, Family Plus, Parents, Woman’s Day, Sesame Street, Crayola Kids) and television. Lyrick Studios, who produced and distributed the video, also leveraged its audio, book and plush animal businesses to cross-promote with the release. Lyrick also launched its first national TV ad campaign, which touted the video's VHS release.

Release

Home video

Originally, this video was supposed to be released in December 1998, but the release was delayed to January 12, 1999. Sing & Dance With Barney was available for pre-order on December 15, 1998. Sing & Dance With Barney was released on VHS by Lyrick Studios at a suggested retail price of $14.95 in the US and $19.95 in Canada. It was released the same day as the album I Love to Sing with Barney, both celebrating Barney's 10th Anniversary. The video was also encoded to interact with Microsoft's ActiMates Barney, a toy with voice and movement responses cued to signals from a VCR or personal computer. Microsoft ActiMates was also the promotional partner for the video.

Retail sales for Sing & Dance With Barney were 50% higher compared to the previous Barney January video release, It's Time for Counting, which released in 1998. During the week of February 6, 1999, Sing & Dance With Barney debuted at #35 on the Billboard Top Video Sales chart. During its second week on the chart (February 13, 1999) it moved to #31. During the week of March 20, 1999, Sing & Dance With Barney would spent three weeks on the Billboard Top Kid Video chart, sitting at #13 during that week. During the week of April 3, 1999, it spent five weeks on the chart, bumping down to #15 on the chart. The United Kingdom release of Sing & Dance With Barney spent five weeks on the Official Video Chart for OCC, entering at #41 on July 5, 2003 and peaking at #3 on July 13, 2003

Sing & Dance With Barney was eventually released on DVD on March 9, 2004 by HIT Entertainment. It would be re-released again on DVD on June 16, 2009 by HIT Entertainment and Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Releases

The label to the screener copy

Front cover

Original Release (1999)

DVD Release (2004)

DVD Rerelease by Lionsgate (2009)

Singaporean and Malaysian VCD Release (2000)

Original UK/Ireland Release (2000)

First UK/Ireland Rerelease (2001)

Second UK/Ireland Rerelease (2002)

Australian Release (2000)

Original Spanish Release (2000)

Spanish DVD Release (2002)

Mexican Spanish DVD Rerelease (2014)

German DVD Release (2004)

Back cover

DVD re-release by Lionsgate (2009)

Broadcast

Sing & Dance With Barney aired on PBS throughout December 1999, being the fourth of only eleven Barney Home Videos to be televised on that network. Songs omitted from the PBS broadcasts include "Do Your Ears Hang Low?", "The Airplane Song", "My Yellow Blankey", "Me and My Teddy", "Just Imagine", "If All the Raindrops" and "The Rainbow Song".

Title cards

Commercial title card for Sing & Dance With Barney.

Commercial title cards for Sing & Dance With Barney.

Streaming

In the United Kingdom, Sing & Dance With Barney was made available on the American streaming service Netflix from August 3, 2013 until June 15, 2015. It was also made available in the United States, though unknown as to when it was added, it was removed on November 1, 2014.

Gallery

Behind the Scenes

A group photo of the cast of Sing & Dance With Barney.

Another group photo of the cast.

Cast and crew of Sing & Dance With Barney.

The cast in a dressing room.

(Left to right) Hope Cervantes, Brian Eppes, and Pia Hamilton.

Kurt Dykhuizen in costume.

(Left to right) Pia Hamilton, a Barney & Friends crew member, and Hope Cervantes.

Barney & Friends stylist Debra Haefling doing Marisa Kuers' hair.

Sets

Grandpa's Farm.

Storybook Land.

Trivia

Michael

Min

Jason

Kathy

Tosha

• Purple, green, and yellow stars fade to scenes throughout the video. However, on the screener version, a ripple transition is used instead. The purple, green and yellow stars appeared again in What A World We Share.
• A clip from this video was later used on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (on the episode that aired on January 25, 2018), where it would be re-edited and dubbed over with the song "What's Your Fantasy" by American rapper Ludacris.
• The 2009 re-release DVD cover of Sing & Dance With Barney was designed by Chris Rafferty, who would later go on to be an American television writer.
• When this video was released on DVD, it was closed captioned by Caption Technologies, Inc.

Goofs

• Despite Barney introducing his old friends to his new friends, Tosha and Jason already knew Kim from Barney's Sense-Sational Day.
  • Also, Stephen acts like he doesn't know Tosha, Kathy, Min, and Jason despite being shown interacting with them in season three of Barney & Friends as well as Barney's Talent Show.
• Despite not being seen in any camping scenes, Stephen said, "Camping was really fun!".
• Even though it's revealed "Mr. Knickerbocker" is Jason's favorite song, this is the only time he performs it.

Occurrences

• This video marked:
  • The final video to include the 1995-1999 "Please Stay Tuned" bumper. The next video, What a World We Share would feature a new one.
  • The final appearances of Michael, Kathy, Tosha, and Jason, and the last time they appear with BJ and Baby Bop.
    • Thus, this is the final time a Backyard Gang kid makes an appearance.
  • The only time Michael visited the treehouse, as the treehouse made its debut after Michael left the cast after the episode "Having Tens Of Fun!".
  • The first video no one says "goodbye" in the end and Barney doesn't turn back into a doll.

References

• Pictures from "Home Sweet Homes", "Doctor Barney Is Here!", "A Very Special Delivery!", "Oh, What A Day!" and "Shawn & The Beanstalk" are shown in Tosha's scrapbook.
• Michael, Kathy, Tosha, Jason and Min made references in this video, Michael thanked Barney for his encouragement and support in "Practice Makes Music", Tosha thanked Barney for guiding her when she first came to school in "Be A Friend", Kathy shared her childhood experience with Linda about her favorite teddy bear, Min tells about the time when Barney took her, Derek, Michael and Tina to see a castle in Barney's Magical Musical Adventure, and Jason signed "I love you, Barney", a nod to "The Alphabet Zoo" and "I Can Be A Firefighter".

Wardrobe

• Stephen wore the same shirt that he previously wore in "Aunt Rachel Is Here!".
• Jeff wore the same T-shirt that he will later wear in "A "Little" Mother Goose".
• Linda wore a pink-colored version of the same shirt that Emily would later wear in Birthday Olé and It's Home To Me, in which the latter wore a a yellow-colored version.
• Kim wore the same shirt that she previously wore in "First Things First!".

Videos

Previews

Sing And Dance With Barney Trailer

Barney DVD Collection Trailer (2009)

Outtakes

Barney the Dinosaur Outtakes - Runaway Pig! (Sing and Dance with Barney - VHS)

Barney the Dinosaur Outtakes - Come on, Bingo! (Sing and Dance with Barney - VHS)

References

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Barney & The Backyard Gang The Backyard Show (1988) • Three Wishes (1988) • A Day At The Beach (1989) • Waiting for Santa (1990) • Campfire Sing-Along (1990) • Barney Goes To School (1990) • Barney in Concert (1991) • Rock with Barney (1991) 1990s 1992: Barney's Magical Musical Adventure • Barney's Birthday 1993: Barney's Best Manners • Barney Rhymes with Mother Goose • Barney's Home Sweet Homes • Love To Read, With Barney 1994: Let's Pretend with Barney • Barney's Alphabet Zoo • Barney Live! In New York City • Imagination Island 1995: Barney's Families are Special • Barney Safety • Making New Friends • Barney's Birthday / Home Sweet Homes • Riding In Barney's Car • Barney Songs 1996: Barney's All Aboard For Sharing • Barney's Talent Show • Barney's Fun & Games • Barney's Exercises Circus / Barney's Parade of Numbers • Barney's 1-2-3-4 Seasons • Once Upon A Time 1997: Barney's Sense-Sational Day • Barney's Colors & Shapes • Barney's Musical Scrapbook • Camp Wannarunnaround • Barney's Adventure Bus • Barney's Stu-u-upendous Puzzle Fun! • Barney's Good Day, Good Night 1998: It's Time For Counting • Down on Barney's Farm • Barney in Outer Space • My Party with Barney • Barney's Big Surprise • Barney's Halloween Party • Barney's First Adventures • Barney's Good, Clean Fun! / Barney's Oh, Brother...She's My Sister 1999: Sing & Dance With Barney • What A World We Share • Walk Around The Block With Barney • Let's Play School! • Barney's Night Before Christmas • More Barney Songs 2000s 2000: Barney's Rhyme Time Rhythm • Barney's Super Singing Circus • Come on Over to Barney's House • Be My Valentine Love, Barney 2001: Barney's Musical Castle • A to Z with Barney • Barney's Dino Dancin' Tunes • Let's Go To The Zoo • Barney's Pajama Party 2002: You Can Be Anything! • Barney's Beach Party • Round and Round We Go • Barney's Christmas Star 2003: Barney Songs from the Park • Read With Me/Dance With Me • Barney's It's A Happy Day! • It's Nice To Meet You • Barney's Red, Yellow and Blue! • Barney's Numbers! Numbers! • Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun! • Happy Mad Silly Sad 2004: Movin' and Groovin' • Let's Pretend with Barney • Now I Know My ABCs • Barney's Colorful World! • Ready, Set, Play! 2005: Let's Go to the Farm • Just Imagine • Everyone Is Special • The Land of Make Believe • Can You Sing That Song? 2006: Let's Make Music 2007: Let's Go To The Firehouse • Shake Your Dino Tail! • Dino-Mite Birthday 2008: Celebrating Around The World • Barney's Animal ABC's • Hi! I'm Riff! • The Best of Barney 2009: Once Upon A Dino Tale • Top 20 Countdown • Let's Go on Vacation • Sharing is Caring! • Barney's Jungle Friends • We Love Our Family 2010s 2010: Please & Thank You • Egg-Cellent Adventures • Let's Play Outside • Furry Friends • A-Counting We Will Go • Best Fairy Tales 2011: Musical Zoo • Shapes & Colors All Around • I Can Do It! • 1-2-3 Learn • Big World Adventure • A Very Merry Christmas 2012: I Love My Friends • Clean Up, Clean Up! • Planes, Trains & Cars • All About Opposites • Most Loveable Moments • Let's Go to the Doctor 2013: Let's Go To The Moon • Play with Barney • Dance with Barney • Imagine with Barney • Most Huggable Moments • Perfectly Purple 2014: Story Time with Barney • Happy Birthday, Barney! • A Super-Dee-Duper Day • This Is How I Feel 2015: Tee-rific Bugs & Animals • It's Showtime with Barney • Barney's Worldwide Adventure! 2016: Dinos in the Park 2017: Playground Fun Other releases Feature film: Barney's Great Adventure Blockbuster: Play and Learn with Barney • Barney's Time for School • Barney's Rockin' Rhyme Time • Barney's Favorite Songs • Barney's Big Top Fun • Barney's Valentine Adventure • Movin' & Groovin' with Barney • Barney's Learning Round-Up • Barney's Island Safari • Barney's Night-Light Stories • Barney's Summertime Fun • Going Places With Barney • On The Move with Barney • Sing-Along Fun! Re-releases: Barney's ABC's and 123's • Barney's Outdoor Fun! • Let's Go to the Beach • Barney's Book Fair • Fun on Wheels • Mother Goose Collection