:Never Gonna Give You Up

"Never Gonna Give You Up" was recorded at PWL Studios in South London, England. The song's basslines were produced using a Yamaha DX7 digital synthesizer, while a Linn 9000 was used for the drums and sequencing. Other equipment used included a Roland Juno 106 analog synthesizer, and Yamaha Rev5 and Rev7 reverberators.{{cite magazine|first= Richard |last= Buskin |title= Rick Astley 'Never Gonna Give You Up' |magazine= Sound on Sound |date= February 2009 |access-date= 5 March 2016 |url= http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb09/articles/classictracks_0209.htm |archive-date= 3 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201103065437/https://www.soundonsound.com/people/classic-tracks-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you |url-status= live}}

Mike Stock stated that the Colonel Abrams hit "Trapped" (1985) was a big influence on "Never Gonna Give You Up", saying: "For Rick Astley's song I didn't want it to sound like Kylie or Bananarama so I looked at the Colonel Abrams track 'Trapped' and recreated that syncopated bassline in a way that suited our song."{{cite news|first= Tim |last= Jonze |title= 'I crawled on my knees to Kylie' – the inside story of Stock, Aitken and Waterman |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 28 March 2017 |access-date= 3 September 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/mar/28/stock-aitken-waterman-mike-hit-factory-pop-songwriters-kylie |archive-date= 24 September 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200924150603/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/mar/28/stock-aitken-waterman-mike-hit-factory-pop-songwriters-kylie |url-status= live}}

The title and concept for the song were suggested by Pete Waterman after Astley spoke to him of his devotion to his then girlfriend, with the song's tune, chords and lyrics then composed by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken.{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 27: Never Gonna Give You Up on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-27-never-gonna-give-you-up/id1565879477?i=1000556095254 |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521124428/https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-27-never-gonna-give-you-up/id1565879477?i=1000556095254 |url-status=live }} Initial mixing was done by Phil Harding, with the song's distinctive synthetic string and brass lines later added by Fairlight operator Ian Curnow. The final mix was provided by PWL remixer Pete Hammond, who made the vocals more prominent. His completed extended mix was edited down by Stock and Aitken to become the radio version.

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The music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" was directed by Simon West. It was filmed in London, in the Harrow Club and on Freston Road in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.{{Cite web |date=2 June 2023 |title=Where Was Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up Was Filmed? |url=https://londonist.com/london/music/visit-the-rickroll-bridge-where-never-gonna-give-you-up-was-filmed |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=Londonist |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602210220/https://londonist.com/london/music/visit-the-rickroll-bridge-where-never-gonna-give-you-up-was-filmed |url-status=live }} Since being uploaded to YouTube on 25 October 2009, the video has received over 1.6 billion views and 18 million likes; it surpassed the 1 billion views milestone on 28 July 2021.{{cite news |title= A billion rick-rolls: Rick Astley video tops 1 billion YouTube views |publisher= KIRO-TV |date= 28 July 2021 |access-date= 29 July 2021 |url= https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/billion-rick-rolls-rick-astley-video-tops-1-billion-youtube-views/O6PREEJA55HNVGV225LYPSCACI/ |archive-date= 6 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211006235935/https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/billion-rick-rolls-rick-astley-video-tops-1-billion-youtube-views/O6PREEJA55HNVGV225LYPSCACI/ |url-status= live }}{{cite news |title= 'Never Gonna Give You Up' — the Rick-Roll Video — Gets 1 Billion Views |work= Gadgets 360 |publisher= NDTV |date= 29 July 2021 |access-date= 29 July 2021 |url= https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/rickrolling-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-music-video-youtube-view-one-billion-rick-rolled-2497504 |archive-date= 29 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210729070142/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/rickrolling-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-music-video-youtube-view-one-billion-rick-rolled-2497504 |url-status= live }}

A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media presented "Never Gonna Give You Up" as a "carefree and cheerful pop ditty, sung with that youthful, muscular voice".{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M%26M-1987-12-26.pdf|title=Music & Media Year End Awards 1987|magazine=Music & Media|volume=5|issue=51|date=26 December 1987|page=30|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064410/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M%26M-1987-12-26.pdf|url-status=live}}

For the week ending 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" reached number one on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart{{cite magazine|title= The Hot 100 – For Week Ending March 12, 1988 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= 16 April 2025 |url= https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1988/Billboard1988-Billboard-Page-0011.pdf }} after having been played by resident DJ, Larry Levan, at the Paradise Garage in 1987.{{cite web|first= Andy |last= Beta |title= The Larry Levan Bump: How the Legendary Paradise Garage DJ Ignited Some of the '80s Biggest Hits |website= Pitchfork |date= 26 August 2015 |access-date= 25 July 2016 |url= http://pitchfork.com/features/article/9710-the-larry-levan-bump-how-the-legendary-paradise-garage-dj-ignited-some-of-the-80s-biggest-hits/ |archive-date= 1 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201001061818/https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9710-the-larry-levan-bump-how-the-legendary-paradise-garage-dj-ignited-some-of-the-80s-biggest-hits/ |url-status= live}} The single topped the charts in 25 countries worldwide. The single also reached the number 1 spot on the year-end singles charts in the UK and South Africa. With over one million sales in the UK, in 2023 it was included on the Official Charts Company's list of the UK's best-selling singles of all time at number 164.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-best-selling-singles-of-all-time-on-the-official-uk-chart__21298/ |title=The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=8 November 2023}}

The track was producers Stock Aitken Waterman's biggest and most enduring hit. Composer Mike Stock confessed he struggled to completely understand why the song had struck such a chord, but suggested its massive success was down to a combination of the song, the singer, and the international clout of record label RCA.

The song was reportedly played as part of Operation Nifty Package, a psychological warfare campaign to convince Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to surrender during the United States invasion of Panama in 1989,{{cite web |title= Operation Just Cause: After Action Report |page= 210 |access-date= 14 October 2021 |url= https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/DOCUMENT/DOC-PIC/950206_5.gif |archive-date= 31 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211031044046/https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/DOCUMENT/DOC-PIC/950206_5.gif |url-status= live }} along with other songs such as the Clash's cover of "I Fought the Law" and "Panama" by Van Halen.{{cite news|first= Daniel |last= Ruth |title= Call It a Campaign, but It's More Like Torture |newspaper= Tampa Bay Times |date= 31 August 2010 |access-date= 29 August 2020 |url= https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/08/31/call-it-a-campaign-but-it-s-more-like-torture/ |archive-date= 29 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210529180927/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/08/31/call-it-a-campaign-but-it-s-more-like-torture/ |url-status= live}} The Emmy Award-winning sitcom Ted Lasso featured the song prominently in the season two episode "No Weddings and a Funeral", including a scene where Rebecca Welton (played by Hannah Waddingham) begins to sing it in the middle of her father's funeral. Astley himself commented of the episode, "Waddingham...did an amazing, incredible job. It was so emotional, so moving, so incredible. People have said they even cried (during) the church scene."{{cite news |first= Ian |last= Casselberry |title= Rick Astley responds to 'Ted Lasso' featuring 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" |work= Awful Announcing |date= 29 September 2021 |access-date= 28 November 2021 |url= https://awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/rick-astley-responds-to-ted-lasso-featuring-1987-hit-never-gonna-give-you-up.html |archive-date= 26 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211126164344/https://awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/rick-astley-responds-to-ted-lasso-featuring-1987-hit-never-gonna-give-you-up.html |url-status= live }}

Sometime after he resumed his career in 2016, Astley and the Foo Fighters both performed at the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan. The band invited Astley to join them as they performed the song in the style of "Smells Like Teen Spirit".{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/01/21/rick-astley-memoir-highlights/77676712007/|title=Rick Astley tackles Rickrolling, Dave Grohl and resurgent pop career in 'Never' memoir|last=Ruggieri|first=Melissa|work=USA Today|date=21 January 2025|access-date=2 February 2025}}

In August 2022, the CSAA Insurance Group, an insurer for the American Automobile Association, released a commercial featuring Rick Astley, with scenes recreated from the original "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video.{{cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-remake/|title=Rick Astley has recreated his 1987 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video and it's perfect|last=Hamilton|first=Giorgina|date=18 August 2022|publisher=Smooth Radio|access-date=18 August 2022|archive-date=18 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818171921/https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-remake/|url-status=live}} Yung Gravy's 2022 song "Betty (Get Money)" prominently interpolates "Never Gonna Give You Up{{"'}}s synthesizer riff and chorus, with Stock Aitken Waterman credited as songwriters.{{cite web|url=https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/yung-gravy-betty-get-money|title=Yung Gravy Drops the Most Infectious Rick Roll With "Betty (Get Money)"|website=Ones to Watch|last=Kylene|first=Jazmin|date=10 June 2022|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401062058/https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/yung-gravy-betty-get-money|url-status=live}} Although Astley agreed to license the music and lyrics, he never authorized Gravy to directly copy his voice. On 26 January 2023, Astley filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court, objecting to Gravy's use of an impersonator to mimic Astley's voice.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rick-astley-yung-gravy-lawsuit-never-gonna-soundalike/|title=Rick Astley Sues Rapper Yung Gravy Over Hit Song With Soundalike Singer: 'Flagrantly Impersonated'|magazine=Billboard|last=Donahue|first=Bill|date=26 January 2023|access-date=27 January 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401131306/https://www.billboard.com/pro/rick-astley-yung-gravy-lawsuit-never-gonna-soundalike/|url-status=live}} The case was settled in September 2023.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/rick-astley-sues-rapper-yung-gravy-over-voice-imitation-1235242253/|title=Rick Astley Settles Suit Against Rapper Yung Gravy Over Voice Imitation – Update|date=27 September 2023|work=Deadline|first=Bruce|last=Haring|access-date=29 September 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928232754/https://deadline.com/2023/09/rick-astley-sues-rapper-yung-gravy-over-voice-imitation-1235242253/|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Matt Dunn of WhatCulture ranked the song at number one in his "15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles" list.{{cite web |url=https://whatculture.com/music/15-unforgettable-stock-aitken-waterman-singles?page=16 |first=Matt |last=Dunn |title=15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles |publisher=WhatCulture |date=16 January 2014 |accessdate=1 February 2024 |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201193105/https://whatculture.com/music/15-unforgettable-stock-aitken-waterman-singles?page=16 |url-status=live }} Time Out listed "Never Gonna Give You Up" at number 33 in their "The 50 Best '80s Songs" list in 2018, adding, "Those synthesized strings, that thumping boots-and-pants beat, Astley's weirdly robust croon and his romantic-wooing-as-used-car-salesman pitch ('You wouldn't get this from any other guy')… It all adds up to three-and-a-half of the most effervescent minutes in the '80s canon."{{cite magazine|title= The 50 best '80s songs |magazine= Time Out |date= 2 March 2015 |access-date= 4 October 2018 |url= https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-80s-songs |archive-date= 18 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113237/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-80s-songs |url-status= live}} In April 2020, The Guardian ranked it at number 44 in their list of "The 100 Greatest UK No 1s".{{cite news|first1= Ben |last1= Beaumont-Thomas |first2= Alexis |last2= Petridis |first3= Laura |last3= Snapes |title= The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1 |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 5 June 2020 |access-date= 27 July 2020 |issn= 0261-3077 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |archive-date= 18 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113258/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |url-status= live}} Classic Pop ranked the song number four in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman Songs" in 2021.{{cite magazine |title= Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs |magazine= Classic Pop |date= August 2021 |accessdate= 31 August 2021 |url= https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/ |archive-date= 27 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210827194911/https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/ |url-status= live }} In October 2023, Billboard magazine ranked "Never Gonna Give You Up" number 244 in their list of "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time". In 2023, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian listed the song at number two in his "Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked!", describing it "a brilliantly written song".{{cite news |title=Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked! |work=The Guardian |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |date=23 November 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/23/stock-aitken-watermans-20-greatest-songs-ranked |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=16 January 2024}}

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"Never Gonna Give You Up" is the subject of an Internet meme known as "rickrolling" involving misleading links (commonly shortened URLs) redirecting to the song's music video.{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=27 March 2008 |title=Astley speaks on 'Rickrolling' web fad |url=http://metro.co.uk/2008/03/27/astley-speaks-on-rickrolling-web-fad-54862/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823122842/https://metro.co.uk/2008/03/27/astley-speaks-on-rickrolling-web-fad-54862/ |archive-date=23 August 2020}} Started by users on 4chan, the practice had by May 2007 achieved notoriety on the Internet. It increased in popularity after its use as a 2008 April Fools' Day joke by various media companies and websites—including YouTube, which rickrolled all of its featured videos on that day—allowing people to easily rickroll their friends' devices.{{cite web |title=Send funny stuff to your friends' phones! |url=http://www.comedycalls.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812060302/https://www.comedycalls.com/ |archive-date=12 August 2020 |access-date=14 November 2011 |publisher=ComedyCalls.com}} "I think it's just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it", Astley told the Los Angeles Times in late March 2008. "That's what's brilliant about the Internet."{{cite news |date=25 March 2008 |title=Web Scout: Spinning through online entertainment and connected culture |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/03/rick-astley-kin.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926194338/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/03/rick-astley-kin.html |archive-date=26 September 2011}}

Astley appeared in the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, interrupting a song performed by those on a float promoting the Cartoon Network programme Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends with a lipsynched performance of "Never Gonna Give You Up". There were reports that despite the video garnering millions of hits on YouTube, Astley earned almost no money from the online phenomenon, receiving only $12 in royalties from YouTube for his performance share as of August 2010.{{cite news |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=31 August 2010 |title=German judge chides Google over YouTube freeloading |work=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/gema_youtube/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330043736/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/gema_youtube/ |archive-date=30 March 2020}} In 2016, Astley said he never bothered to figure out how much money he earned from YouTube and said that he had also been paid "a chunk of money" by Virgin to appear in a commercial and for his appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.{{cite web |date=7 October 2016 |title=[AMA] I'm really Rick Astley. I swear. And to celebrate my first album since 1993, I'm here to let you Ask Me Anything! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/56cdgm/ama_im_really_rick_astley_i_swear_and_to/d8i9ai6?context=10000&st=iu0i2rah&sh=833047f3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018120122/https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/56cdgm/ama_im_really_rick_astley_i_swear_and_to/d8i9ai6?context=10000&st=iu0i2rah&sh=833047f3 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |access-date=8 October 2016 |publisher=Reddit}}

7" single

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (7" vocal mix) – 3:32
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) – 3:30

12" maxi

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Cake mix) – 5:46
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) – 6:19
3. "Never Gonna Give You Up" – 3:32
4. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Escape to New York mix) – 7:01
5. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Escape from Newton mix) – 6:23

12" maxi

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Cake mix) – 5:48
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) – 6:21
3. "Never Gonna Give You Up" – 3:32

12" single

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Escape from Newton mix) – 6:30
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Escape to New York mix) – 7:00

On 29 July 2021, to celebrate 1 billion views on YouTube, Rick Astley released a limited and numbered 7" blue vinyl. Only 2,500 were signed and sold.{{cite web |first= Leah |last= Brungardt |title= Never Gonna Give You Up Blue 7-Inch Vinyl (Signed) |website= Rick Astley Official Online Store |date= 29 July 2021 |access-date= 31 July 2021 |url= https://rickastley.tmstor.es/product/83544 |archive-date= 4 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210804022608/https://rickastley.tmstor.es/product/83544 |url-status= live }}{{cite web |title= To celebrate 1 Billion views for Never Gonna Give You Up I'm releasing a limited & numbered 7" blue vinyl of the song, 2500 of them and I'll be signing them all! Rick ♥️ |publisher= YouTube |access-date= 31 July 2021 |url= https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugz8mFrjqg56MtAzupZ4AaABCQ |archive-date= 31 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210731172011/https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugz8mFrjqg56MtAzupZ4AaABCQ |url-status= live }}

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (7" vocal mix) – 3:32
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Pianoforte) – 3:30

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• In 1997, French boy band 2Be3 covered the song under the name "Toujours là pour toi", which peaked at No. 4 in France and No. 12 in Belgium (Wallonia).{{cite web|title= lescharts.com – 2 Be 3 – Toujours là pour toi |publisher= Lescharts.com. Hung Medien |url= http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Be+3&titel=Toujours+l%E0+pour+toi&cat=s |access-date= 20 July 2013 |language= fr |archive-date= 20 June 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130620030438/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Be+3&titel=Toujours+l%E0+pour+toi&cat=s |url-status= live}}
• A group of London dance producers called the Rickrollerz made a house music cover version of "Never Gonna Give You Up".{{cite web|first= Fraser |last= McAlpine |title= Please, Give Me Up, GIVE ME UP! |publisher= BBC Online |date= 14 April 2008 |access-date= 6 December 2009 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/04/please_give_me_up_give_me_up_1.shtml |archive-date= 26 April 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426032720/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/04/please_give_me_up_give_me_up_1.shtml |url-status= live}} In May 2008, the track entered the UK Club Charts at no. 22.
• In 2022, American pop rock band Smash Mouth along with their new singer, Zach Goode covered the song, following the retirement of former lead singer, Steve Harwell.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/smash-mouth-reveal-new-singer-via-rick-astley-cover-3176089|title=Smash Mouth reveal new singer via Rick Astley cover|author=Will Richards|website=NME.com|date=5 March 2022|access-date=7 May 2023}}
• In 2023, Astley said on This Morning that he re-recorded the song "with misheard lyrics" saying this intention was to "break the stigma" of hearing loss, which he is experiencing.{{cite news|url=https://journalstar.com/singer-rick-astley-reveals-hearing-loss/article_2b01e88c-90f1-532f-999b-2fee260a3002.html|title=Singer Rick Astley reveals hearing loss|work=Lincoln Journal Star|date=27 October 2023|access-date=27 October 2023|archive-date=27 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027192912/https://journalstar.com/singer-rick-astley-reveals-hearing-loss/article_2b01e88c-90f1-532f-999b-2fee260a3002.html|url-status=live}}

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