Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World is a 1987 American animated television special created by DIC Animation City with Saban Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in syndication as a two-part television "miniseries" with each installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was titled Barbie & Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth.[3]

Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
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Genre	Animated Adventure Musical Science fiction
Written by	Bill Dubay Martha Moran Ruth Handler
Directed by	Bernard Deyriès
Starring	Sharon Lewis
Music by	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Eric S. Rollman Andy Heyward
Editors	John Carnochan Derek Iversen
Running time	30 minutes[1]
Production companies	DIC Animation City Saban Productions Mattel
Distributor	Hi-Tops Video
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	September 27, 1987 (1987-09-27)[2]
Chronology
Followed by	Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth

The miniseries was supposed to have been the pilot for a daily Barbie cartoon series. However, negotiations between DIC and Mattel fell through, and the project eventually emerged with a whole new set of characters—and the sponsorship of Mattel rival Hasbro—as Maxie's World in 1988.[4] The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers doll line in which Barbie is the lead singer of a rock band. It was later released as a single film by Hi-Tops Video

Plot

Barbie's rock band completes a successful world tour and decides to perform one last concert in space to promote world peace.

Songs

This is a list of the songs featured in Barbie & Rockers: Out of This World, in order of appearance:

• Catch Us If You Can - The Dave Clark Five
• "Disco Dolly" – Sharon Lewis, Mary Adams, Joanne Wilson and Sarah Jayson
• (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band
• "Stayin Alive" – Bee Gees
• "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (The Beatles cover) – Sharon Lewis
• "Do You Believe in Magic" (The Lovin' Spoonful cover) – Sharon Lewis
• "The Name Game" – Sharon Lewis
• ''Blockbuster Video Kids Commercial Song - Sharon Lewls
• "Disco Dolly" – Sharon Lewis

Cast

• Sharon Lewis as Barbie
• Michael Breyner as Ken
• Mary Adams as Dana Yeosan
• Sarah Jayson as Ophelia "Diva" Butler
• Joanne Wilson as Dee Dee Schwitzerson

Additional voices

• Garry Chalk
• Doc Harris
• Lynn Johnson
• Viktoria Langton
• Debbie Lick
• Cathy Mead
• Doug Parker
• John Payne
• Nikki Sharp
• Veena Sood
• John Stocker
• Miranda Christine
• Benedict Campbell
• Lisa Ann Beley
• Alexandra Carter
• Mary Costa

References

External links

• Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World at IMDb
• Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World at AllMovie