Barney's Favorites, Volume 1

***Barney's Favorites, Volume 1*** is the debut album of Barney. It was released on August 31, 1993 on CD and cassette by SBK Records. The album features a compilation of songs from the first and second season of the television show and was the first entry in the Barney's Favorites line.

In the same year as the album was released, it became the fastest-selling children's album ever released, hitting double platinum within four months of the album commercially entering at number nine on the *Billboard* 200. On April 13, 1996, the album peaked at number thirty-four on Billboard's Catalog albums. On March 22, 1997, the album commercially went on to peak at number one on Billboard's Top Kid's Albums, the same date that *Run, Jump, Skip and Sing* peaked at number three on the same chart.

On March 13, 1998, the album went triple platinum (selling over three million units), making it the most successful Barney album to date.

The album received a nomination for Best Musical Album for Children at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards in 1994, in which the award would go to the album producer, Bob Singleton.

Following the release of *Barney's Favorites, Volume 1* a sequel was released the following year. In 1997 a spanish equivalent, titled *Las Canciones de Barney*, was released, and a german equivalent, titled *Barney's Lieblingslieder* was released in 1998.

## Track listing

1. "Barney Theme Song"
(Audio taken from season one)
2. "My Family's Just Right for Me"
(Audio taken from "Home Sweet Homes")
3. "Peanut Butter"
(Audio taken from "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy")
4. "The Ants Go Marching"
(Audio taken from "I Just Love Bugs")
5. "Apples and Bananas"
(Audio taken from "Falling for Autumn")
6. "A Camping We Will Go"
(Audio taken from "A Camping We Will Go")
7. "Sarasponda"
(Audio taken from "A Camping We Will Go")
8. "Clean Up"
(Audio taken from "May I Help You?")
9. "If All the Raindrops"
(Audio taken from "The Exercise Circus")
10. "And the Green Grass Grows All Around"
(Audio taken from "Our Earth, Our Home")
11. "Sally The Camel"
(Audio taken from "Going Places")
12. "BINGO"
(Audio taken from "Be a Friend"; with additional vocals from Baby Bop)
13. "Six Little Ducks"
(Audio taken from "Down on Barney's Farm")
14. "Do Your Ears Hang Low"
(Audio taken from "Alphabet Soup")
15. "Looby Loo"
(Audio taken from "May I Help You?")
16. "Down on Grandpa's Farm"
(Audio taken from "Grandparents are Grand")
17. "The Stranger Song"
(Audio taken from "Playing It Safe")
18. "Old Brass Wagon"
(Audio taken from "Red, Blue and Circles Too!")
19. "Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck"
(Audio taken from "Going Places")
20. "There Are Seven Days"
(Audio taken from "Happy Birthday, Barney")
21. "Alphabet Song"
(Audio taken from "May I Help You?")
22. "Mr. Knickerbocker"
(Audio taken from "Be a Friend")
23. "Kookaburra"
(Audio taken from "A Camping We Will Go")
24. "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
(Audio taken from "Grandparents are Grand")
25. "Me and My Teddy"
(Audio taken from "When I Grow Up...")
26. "The Sister Song"
(Audio taken from "Everyone is Special")
27. "I Love You"
(Audio taken from season two)

## Personnel

Credits for *Barney's Favorites, Volume 1* adapted from AllMusic and the CD pamphlet.

* Sheryl Leach - executive producer
* Dennis DeShazer - executive producer

**Vocals**
* Bob West — lead vocals, voices (Barney)
* Julie Johnson — vocals, voices (Baby Bop)
* Hope Cervantes — vocals
* Brian Eppes — vocals
* Leah Gloria — vocals
* Lauren King - vocals
* Jessica Zucha - vocals
* Allen LeWinter — production consultant, producer
* Bob Singleton - arranger
* Fletch Wiley - arranger

**Visuals and imagery**
* Henry Marquez – art direction
* Karen McDonald - art direction, album designer
* Jennifer Pickett - album designer

**Technical**
* David Boothe - engineer, mixing, mixing engineer
* Mike Pietzch - engineer

**Musicians**
* Philip Parker - drums

## Charts

 US *Billboard* Top Kid albums
 US *Billboard 200* | 9

## Release history

 United Kingdom
 Various

## Trivia

* This album went triple platinum on the same date its sequel went platinum.
* The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) named it the best selling children's album of 1993-1994.

## See Also

* *Las Canciones de Barney*
* *Barney's Lieblingslieder*
* *Barney's Greatest Hits: The Early Years*

## References

1. ↑ The Tide is Rising For New Kids' Titles - Barney, Raffi, Muppets Ride the 4th-Quarter Wave
2. ↑ Barney Tells All: David Joyner Talks Being the Man in the Purple Dinosaur Costume for 10 Years
3. ↑ Barney Billboard 200 Chart History
4. ↑ Barney | Billboard
5. ↑ Barney Kid Albums Chart History
6. ↑ Gold & Platinum - RIAA
7. ↑ GRAMMY NOMINATIONS - Baltimore Sun
8. ↑ Barney's Favorites, Vol. 1 - Barney | Credits | Allmusic