In January 1991, Elizabeth, one of Bernstein's daughters who was nine at the time, alerted Bernstein that their song "I Love You" was on television. Lee Bernstein next to a TV with the Rock with Barney title card on it. The song has gone through many variations throughout the years. The song sums up Barney's message of unconditional love and is a symbol of how Barney loves people deeply and how his friends are like family to him. "I Love You" wraps up almost every Barney episode and or video. Due to "I Love You" being a staple song of the video series, it was continually used in the spin-off, used to wrap up every episode, video and or live performance. The song was sung near the beginning of the first five Backyard Gang videos before eventually becoming a closing song for the last videos.Īfter Barney & the Backyard Gang ended, the video series was spun into a television series titled Barney & Friends. Assuming it was of public domain, the song was prominently used in the video series, Barney & The Backyard Gang. Kathy Parker, the co-creator of Barney & The Backyard Gang heard "I Love You" at a toddler playgroup with her child. Bernstein's lyrics were published in the book Piggyback Songs: New Songs Sung to the Tune of Childhood Favorites by Warren Publishing House in 1983. According to Bernstein the song is about "love" and "caring". In 1982, Lee Bernstein penned a song titled "I Love You" to the public-domain tune of "This Old Man", which was one of Bernstein's favorite songs as a child. Warren informed readers that the songs would eventually be assembled into a book with the author of each songs receiving a free copy of the songbook and acknowledgement for their contribution. Warren put a call out for submissions in the November/December issue of the "Totline" newsletter in 1981. Jean Warren, an editor of Warren Publishing, was seeking submissions of original songs that could be sung to the tune of traditional and familiar children's songs.
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