Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up

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{{Infobox song

| name = Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up

| cover = Ain't_Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Paula Abdul

| album = Head over Heels

| released = {{start date|1996|1|9}}

| recorded = 1994

| studio = Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, CA){{Cite AV media notes |title=Heads over Heels |type=album booklet liner notes |others=Paula Abdul |publisher=Virgin Records. Captive Records |year=1995 |id=40525}}

| venue =

| genre = *Pop

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| length = 3:30

| label = Virgin

| writer = {{hlist|Bryan Abrams|Elliot Wolff|Howie Tee|Kevin Thornton|Mark Calderon|Curtis "Fitz" Williams}}

| producer = Elliot Wolff

| prev_title = Crazy Cool

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Dance Like There's No Tomorrow

| next_year = 2008

}}

"Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song by American singer and dancer Paula Abdul, released as the third and final single from her third studio album Head over Heels (1995). The track features background vocals from the vocal group Color Me Badd. It was written by Bryan Abrams, Elliot Wolff, Howie Tee, Kevin Thornton, Mark Calderon, and Curtis "Fitz" Williams, with Wolff producing the track. It was released on January 9, 1996 by Virgin Records.

Following the moderate performance of "My Love Is For Real" and "Crazy Cool", which became Abdul's first single since 1988 to miss the top 40 in the U.S., "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" was even less of a chart success. It became Abdul's first official single to miss the US Billboard Hot 100 altogether and had little airplay on both radio and MTV. The track would be Abdul's last overall music release until her collaboration with American Idol judge Randy Jackson, "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow", in 2008, over 12 years later.