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Rickrolling or a Rickroll is an Internet meme involving the unexpected appearance of the music video to the 1987 hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up", performed by English singer Rick Astley. The aforementioned video has over 1.5 billion views on YouTube .
"Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song by English singer Rick Astley, released on 27 July 1987. Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, it was released by RCA Records as the first single from Astley's debut studio album, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987).
On a Reddit post in June 2020, a user claimed to have met Astley backstage when they were 12 years old, but the user posted a link to the song instead of a picture verifying the encounter. Astley later confirmed he had been tricked into clicking the link.
Roll with it: 35 years later, Rick Astley explains why he was never 'one of the cool kids' and why he never gave up Lyndsey Parker Updated August 5, 2022 at 8:40 PM
The video has benefited from one of the earliest YouTube memes: “Rickrolling,” a prank in which someone shares a link promising one thing — but which, in fact, launches the red-headed Brit ...
October 12, 2023 at 7:00 AM. Rick Astley Shares Acoustic Cover of Post Malone's 'Better Now'. Rick Astley’s spent this early-October afternoon enjoying the unusually warm weather, doing “bits ...
Whenever You Need Somebody is the debut studio album by English singer Rick Astley released on 16 November 1987 by RCA Records. It is his best-selling album, which, according to his own official website, has sold 15.2 million copies worldwide. [6]
But sweet, innocent Rick Astley who never had a problem with becoming a meme, clicked on the link and was immediately Rickrolled. Astley responded with a clapping emoji, proving he opened the...
The discography of English singer and songwriter Rick Astley consists of nine studio albums, five compilation albums, two remix albums, and twenty-four singles. His debut studio album, Whenever You Need Somebody, was released in November 1987. It peaked at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and number 10 on the US Billboard 200.
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 Gravy...