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"Never Gonna Give You Up" is a dance-pop song originally made by the English singer Rick Astley.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
 "Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:32
 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) — 3:30

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

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

 12" single
 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape from Newton mix) — 6:30
 "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 
CountryCertificationDateSales certifiedCanadaCanada certifications cria.ca (Retrieved September 2, 2008)GoldMay 17, 198850,000FranceFrench certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved September 2, 2008)Silver1988200,000GermanyGerman certifications musikindustrie.de (Retrieved September 1, 2008)Gold1987150,000SwedenSwedish certifications Ifpi.se (Retrieved September 11, 2008)GoldOctober 21, 198710,000UKUK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved September 2, 2008)GoldSeptember 1, 1987400,000U.S.U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved September 2, 2008)GoldFebruary 24, 1989500,000

 Charts 

Chart (1987-1988)PeakpositionAustralia ARIA Singles Chart1Ö3 Austria Top 404Dutch Top 401French SNEP Singles Chart6German Singles Chart2Irish Singles Chart2Italian Singles Chart3New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart1Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart1Swedish Singles Chart1Swiss Singles Chart2UK Singles Chart1U.S. Billboard Hot 1001U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary1U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play1

End of year chart (1987)PositionSwiss Singles Chart20End of year chart (1988)PositionAustralian Singles Chart8

 References 

 Other websites 
 Rick Astley TV, YouTube

Category:Rick Astley songs
Category:1987 songs
Category:Humor
Category:Dance-pop songs
Category:Music memes
Category:Internet memes