Never Gonna Give You Up (3:29)
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Never Gonna Give You Up” is a dance-pop song originally performed by Rick Astley. It was released as a single from Astley’s multi-million selling debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, which was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer’s native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at number one for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. It was knocked off the UK number-one spot by M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up the Volume” who were sued by Stock Aitken Waterman using a distorted sample from their hit single “Roadblock”.
It became number one throughout Europe and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States on March 12, 1988. It reached number one in Australia in December 1987. Soon after, the song was specifically mentioned in The Manual by hit-makers The KLF as a positive example of ‘genius’ chart pop lyrics. “Never Gonna Give You Up” is listed as the best charting single of the 1980s in Australia, by the Kent Music Report, due to its longevity in the charts. The song reached number 2 in the United World Chart, knocked-off the top spot by George Michael’s “Father Figure”.
The music video for the song has become the basis for the “Rickrolling” Internet meme.
==MUSIC VIDEO==
In the “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video, directed by Simon West, a smiling Astley sings and dances to the song in various outfits and venues in West London, sometimes accompanied by backup dancers.
Never Gonna Give You Up” is a dance-pop song originally performed by Rick Astley. It was released as a single from Astley’s multi-million selling debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, which was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer’s native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at number one for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. It was knocked off the UK number-one spot by M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up the Volume” who were sued by Stock Aitken Waterman using a distorted sample from their hit single “Roadblock”.It became number one throughout Europe and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States on March 12, 1988. It reached number one in Australia in December 1987. Soon after, the song was specifically mentioned in The Manual by hit-makers The KLF as a positive example of ‘genius’ chart pop lyrics. “Never Gonna Give You Up” is listed as the best charting single of the 1980s in Australia, by the Kent Music Report, due to its longevity in the charts. The song reached number 2 in the United World Chart, knocked-off the top spot by George Michael’s “
Father Figure”.The music video for the song has become the basis for the “Rickrolling” Internet meme.
==MUSIC VIDEO==
In the “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video, directed by Simon West, a smiling Astley sings and dances to the song in various outfits and venues in West London, sometimes accompanied by backup dancers.
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Rodstatu wrote:
you got Rick Roll!!!
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GRoovY26 wrote:
they see me rollin'
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Piki768 wrote:
NEVAR GONNA GIVE U UP
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goiga666 wrote:
O som mais foda de todos...
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frikenfroken wrote:
noooooooooooo
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xxsmoothopexx wrote:
I liked this song before rick-rolling. And I know all the words. XD
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slackerchic wrote:
i cant believe no one has started started rick rolling on this thread yet.
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cesarww wrote:
"brutal death metal" oh you
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steamboat58 wrote:
Yep.
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hdodonnell wrote:
this song is pure unadulatered cheese, and I fucking love it.
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Thb306 wrote:
I got Rickroll'd, and the only thing I thought was: "Hey! I like this song..." LOL
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Devotione wrote:
nice tags :D brutal death metal ::thumbsup
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Blitzee wrote:
532 plays for me this week. Rick, I'm never gonna give you up...
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mattmitch wrote:
AHHHHHH!! ... this isn't Deathcore ?!!?!!? ..... dang kids ! Get off my Radio !!
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egns wrote:
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
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mattdinio wrote:
i just got rick rolled -.-
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falconfira wrote:
#2 in the brutal death metal category, is that saying something for the genre, hahahahaha
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souris-modeste wrote:
I just hit the "skip" button on the radio now to get ... THIS. Why do I feel as though I just Rickrolled MYSELF?
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StellaSheDives wrote:
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
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slackerchic wrote:
Lol'd hard @ "brutal death metal" tag. [4]
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