Barney's on Fire
"Barney's on Fire" is a popular song by Tony Mason and None of the Above. It is a well known example of Anti-Barney humor.
| "Barney's on Fire" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Tony Mason & None of the Above | |
| from the album Mommy's Got a Migraine | |
| Released | 1993 |
| Recorded | 1993 |
| Genre | Comedy, alternative rock |
| Length | 2:39 |
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Mason |
Music videos
Several music videos of the song have been uploaded to YouTube.
Controversy
The song is often miscredited to "Weird Al" Yankovic (a recurring problem among parody songs on the Internet, which as a whole are often misattributed to Yankovic), a confusion made worse by Mason's use of a similar nasal voice to Yankovic's on the record. Yankovic denied writing the song. Yankovic later mentioned Barney in the lyrics of the parody song "Jurassic Park":
I'm afraid those things'll harm me
'Cause they sure don't act like Barney
The music video for "Jurassic Park" also includes Barney's head being bitten off by a Tyrannosaurus, who later coughs up the head after receiving the Heimlich maneuver from a Brachiosaurus.