Never Gonna Give You Up

"**Never Gonna Give You Up**" is a dance-pop song originally made by the English singer Rick Astley.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.

The music video for the song has become the basis for "Rickrolling", an internet meme where someone is tricked into viewing the music video by clicking on a link to it.

## Track listings

- 7" single
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:32
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) — 3:30

- 12" maxi
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (cake mix) — 5:46
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) — 6:19
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:31
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape to New York mix) — 7:01
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape from Newton mix) — 6:23

- 12" maxi
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (cake mix) — 5:48
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) — 3:30
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:32

- 12" single
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape from Newton mix) — 6:30
1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape to New York mix) — 7:00

## Credits

- Written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
- Engineer: Mark McGuire, Mike Duffy
- Mixed by:
- Escape from Newton mix: Mixmaster Pete Hammond
- Escape to New York mix: The Extra Beat Boys

## Certifications

|bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Country|bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Certification|bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Date|bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Sales certified|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Canada|align="center"|Gold|align="center"|May 17, 1988|align="center"|50,000||
|France|align="center"|Silver|align="center"|1988|align="center"|200,000||
|Germany|align="center"|Gold|align="center"|1987|align="center"|150,000||
|Sweden|align="center"|Gold|align="center"|October 21, 1987|align="center"|10,000||
|UK|align="center"|Gold|align="center"|September 1, 1987|align="center"|400,000||
|U.S.|align="center"|Gold|align="center"|February 24, 1989|align="center"|500,000||

## Charts

|align="center"|Chart (1987-1988)|align="center"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Australia ARIA Singles Chart|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|Ö3 Austria Top 40|align="center"|4|
|align="left"|Dutch Top 40|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|French SNEP Singles Chart|align="center"|6|
|align="left"|German Singles Chart|align="center"|2|
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart|align="center"|2|
|align="left"|Italian Singles Chart|align="center"|3|
|align="left"|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart|align="center"|2|
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ Hot 100|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ Hot Adult Contemporary|align="center"|1|
|align="left"|U.S. _Billboard_ Hot Dance Music/Club Play|align="center"|1|

|align="left"|End of year chart (1987)|align="center"|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart|align="center"|20|
|align="left"|Australian Singles Chart|align="center"|8|

## Other websites

- Rick Astley TV, _YouTube_

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: Never Gonna Give You Up
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Rick Astley
- **album**: :en:Whenever You Need Somebody (album), Whenever You Need Somebody
- **released**: 27 July 1987 <small>(United Kingdom, U.K.)</small>
1988 <small>(United States, U.S.)</small>
- **recorded**: 1986
- **genre**: Dance-pop, blue-eyed soul
- **length**: 3:32
- **label**: PWL, RCA Records, RCA
- **writer**: Stock Aitken Waterman, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman
- **producer**: Stock Aitken Waterman
- **prev title**: When You Gonna
- **prev year**: 1987
- **next title**: Whenever You Need Somebody (song), Whenever You Need Somebody
- **next year**: 1987