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Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give you Up. Sorry we missed your birthday, Rick Roll. Anyway, here you go: What, you expected a more substantive article?
Rick Astley: It’s kind of crazy for somebody my age. When I released that song, "Never Gonna Give You Up" in ’87, the internet was just some crazy, futuristic dream.
Rick Astley’s song “Never Gonna Give You Up” was released on this day in 1987 and led to the now famous “Rickrolling” phenomenon, an internet bait-and-switch using disguised hyperlinks ...
The view count on Youtube for "Never Gonna Give You Up" is more than 175 million Depending on your age, you may be interested to know that Feb. 6 marks the 50th birthday of either pop singer Rick ...
Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ hits a billion YouTube views Astley, 56, is the youngest of four who grew up near Manchester, England. His sister played a lot of progressive rock and ...
Rick Astley celebrates his 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up" reaching one billion streams on Spotify. The song gained refound popularity in the early 2000s thanks to the Rick-Rolling meme.
I know some people think drinking, playing and touring are all part of rock’n’roll. “However, it’s one of the worst things you can do for your voice so I try and avoid it.” ...
Rick Astley and rapper Yung Gravy have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the use of Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” — also known as the Rickroll song — in a 2022 Yung ...
Rick Astley looks back on ‘Never Gonna Give You Up,’ and embrace of Rickrolling as autobiography ‘Never’ sees American release.