Never Gonna Give You Up

***Never Gonna Give You Up*** is a song by Clean Bandit and Nash Yamin which serves as the second single off his ninth studio album, What Do I Know About Love?.

Commercially, "Never Gonna Give You Up" has reached number one in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. The song has been certified Gold in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and New Zealand and Platinum in Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## Background

The song was first revealed when a camerawoman posted on her Instagram story that she was participating in a Clean Bandit and Nash Yamin music video. Clean Bandit teased the song on 10 December 2018, writing on Twitter: "Really excited to announce our new single Never Gonna Give You Up with Nash Yamin will be out 13/12". The announcement came with the song's cover art. Camille Purcell also disclosed in a tweet that she has been involved in the making of "Never Gonna Give You Up".

Grace Chatto of Clean Bandit told London Evening Standard that "Never Gonna Give You Up" was based on her own experience with "loving someone till it hurts". She also revealed that the song was recorded over FaceTime because the band was unable to schedule a studio session with Yamin. "It was crazy. He was in Alabama in a studio and we were over here. You know when the connection is bad and the speed fluctuates? We couldn't hear that well, but it turned out really well."

## Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Never Gonna Give You Up" was first released onto YouTube on December 21, 2023.

## Lyrics

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Got vertigo falling down

'Cause you're going to my head

Cannot recognize the sound

Of my own heart calling

I found somewhere, I found someone

And I found somewhere, somewhere that I belong

Belong, belong

This is real

And you've been right here all along

This is real

And I could never get enough

And I've been holding on, holding on

And you've been the somebody who can give me love, give me love

Never gonna give you up

And I've been holding on, holding on

And you've been the somebody who can give me love, give me love

Never gonna give you up, oh yeah

Oh, the energy's running high

Resisting my own defense

This vision is our design

Oh, the energy's running

I found somewhere, I found someone

And I found somewhere, somewhere that I belong

I found somewhere, and I found someone

I found somewhere, somewhere that I belong

Belong, belong

This is real

And you've been right here all along

This is real

And I could never get enough

And I've been holding on, holding on

And you've been the somebody who can give me love, give me love

Never gonna give you up

And I've been holding on, holding on

And you've been the somebody who can give me love, give me love

Never gonna give you up

(Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give you

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give you

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give)

This is real

And you've been right here all along

This is real

And I could never get enough

And I've been holding on, holding on

And you've been the somebody who can give me love, give me love

Never gonna give you up

And I've been holding on, holding on

And you've been the somebody who can give me love, give me love

Never gonna give you up

(Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give you

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give, never gonna give you

Never gonna give, never gonna give

Never gonna give)

Ooh, yeah