The song is considered Astley's signature song and it is often played at the end of his live concerts. It also won the Brit Award for Best single in 1988. In 2008, Astley won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever with the song, as a result of collective voting from thousands of people on the Internet, due to the popular phenomenon of Rickrolling. The official video for Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up was a global smash on its release in July 1987, topping the charts in 25 countries including Rick’s native UK and the US Billboard Hot 100. The music video for the song has become the basis for the "Rickrolling" Internet meme, leading the song to also be referred to as "The Rickroll Song". In 2004, "Never Gonna Give You Up" was voted number 28 in 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs. In 1990, Nick Lowe quoted from the song and called it "ghastly" in the lyrics to "All Men Are Liars", a song on his album Party of One. The song won Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards. Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) Ooh-ooh Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) Bridge We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it Inside, we both know what's been going on We know the game, and we're gonna play it Pre-Chorus I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta. It eventually topped the charts in 25 countries, including the United States and West Germany. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer's native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year.
The song was released as the first single from Astley's debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987). It was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter Rick Astley, released as a single on 27 July 1987.
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