The single also reached the number 1 spot on the year-end singles charts in the UK and South Africa. The single topped the charts in 25 countries worldwide. On 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" reached number one in the American Billboard Hot 100 chart after having been played by resident DJ, Larry Levan, at the Paradise Garage in 1987. It gets over 456K daily views and over 13.6M monthly views. Since being uploaded to YouTube on 25 October 2009, the video has received over 1.3 billion views(1.311) and 15 million likes(15.57) it surpassed the 1 billion views milestone on 28 July 2021, 34 years and 1 day after the song was released. It was filmed in London, largely around Freston Road in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" was directed by Simon West. His completed extended mix was edited down by Stock and Aitken to become the radio version. The final mix was provided by PWL remixer Pete Hammond, who made the vocals more prominent. Initial mixing was done by Phil Harding, with the song's distinctive synthetic string and brass lines later added by Fairlight operator Ian Curnow. The title and concept for the song were suggested by Pete Waterman after Astley spoke to him of his devotion to his then girlfriend, with the song's tune, chords and lyrics then composed by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken. Mike Stock stated that the Colonel Abrams hit " Trapped" (1985) was a big influence on "Never Gonna Give You Up", saying: "For Rick Astley's song I didn't want it to sound like Kylie or Bananarama so I looked at the Colonel Abrams track 'Trapped' and recreated that syncopated bassline in a way that suited our song." ![]() Other equipment used included a Roland Juno 106 analog synthesizer, and Yamaha Rev5 and Rev7 reverberators. The song's basslines were produced using a Yamaha DX7 digital synthesizer, while a Linn 9000 was used for the drums and sequencing. "Never Gonna Give You Up" was recorded at PWL Studios in South London, England. In 2019, Astley recorded and released a ' Pianoforte' version of the song for his album The Best of Me, which features a new piano arrangement. In 2008, Astley won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever with the song, as a result of collective campaign from thousands of people on the Internet. ![]() The music video for the song surged in popularity beginning in 2007 due to the " Rickroll" Internet meme, in which a user expecting entirely unrelated content is shown the video. The song is considered to be Astley's signature song and it is often played at the end of his live concerts. and winning Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards. 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 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. It was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and was released as the first single from Astley's debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987). Mario is about to do a something very I L L E G A L." Never Gonna Give You Up" is the debut single recorded by English singer and songwriter Rick Astley, released on 27 July 1987. This song reminds me of Ricky Comment by iSandi Music aka €L€CTR0 JUS XĪHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Comment by giyu I do somtimes wish that you could be rickrolled by you own song Comment by Prof. Rick astley has been Rick rolled 7 times Comment by Prof. Omg it rely is here Comment by Terence Wei NOO I"VE BEEN RICKROLLED Comment by □️ Handwriting4 □️ NOO I'VE BEEN RICKROLLED Comment by npph5412 ![]() You made me ricrolled Comment by Imran MasudĪAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comment by npph5412 Never gonna to give you up Comment by black_wolf I turned this into a qr code Comment by Ricky Yang NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN NEVER GONNA Comment by "Ahem" NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Comment by CHARLES THE WAR MAKER Never gonna give u Comment by CHARLES THE WAR MAKER Never gonna give you up Comment by tukebox We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy Comment by Mammam1a Never gonna give you up# Comment by the_yanigami376 Genre Pop Comment by Nicolie Sumanasekara
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