Barney's on Fire
| "Barney's on Fire" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Tony Mason & None of the Above | |
| from the album Mommy's Got a Migraine | |
| Released | 1993 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Recorded | 1993 |
| Genre | Comedy, alternative rock |
| Length | 2:39 |
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Mason |
"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.
Music videos
Several music videos of the song have been uploaded to YouTube.
Track listing
- Barney's on Fire - 2:39
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.