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"'''Never Gonna Give You Up'''" is a pop song by English singer [[Rick Astley]], released on 27 July 1987. The song is widely regarded as Astley's most popular, as well as his [[List of signature songs|signature song]], and it is often played at the end of his live concerts. 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)., The song becamewith a worldwide hit, initially in the United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones|at the top of themusic chartvideo]] fordirected five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. It eventually topped charts in 25 different countries, including the United States and West Germany,<ref name="MikeStock">{{cite web|title= Biography |publisher= Mike Stock Music |access-date= 14 November 2011 |url= http://www.mikestockmusic.com/index.php?page=Biography02&section=sectionBiography |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111003132814/http://www.mikestockmusic.com/index.php?page=Biography02&section=sectionBiography}}</ref> and winning Best British Single at the 1988by [[BritSimon AwardsWest]]. The song is widely regarded as Astley's most popular, as well as his [[List of signature songs|signature song]], and it is often played at the end of his live concerts.
 
The song became a worldwide hit, initially in the United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed [[musicList videoof UK Singles Chart number ones|at the top of the chart]] for five weeks and was the songbest-selling single of that year. It eventually topped charts in 25 different countries, directedincluding bythe US and West Germany,<ref name="MikeStock">{{cite web|title= Biography |publisher= Mike Stock Music |access-date= 14 November 2011 |url= http://www.mikestockmusic.com/index.php?page=Biography02&section=sectionBiography |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111003132814/http://www.mikestockmusic.com/index.php?page=Biography02&section=sectionBiography}}</ref> and winning Best British Single at the 1988 [[SimonBrit WestAwards]],.

The video surgedresurged in popularity in 2007 due to the bait-and-switch "[[Rickrolling|Rickroll]]" [[Internet meme]]. In 2008, Astley won the [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act|MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever]] with the song, as a result of a collective campaign fromby thousands of people on the Internet.<ref>{{cite news|first= Matthew |last= Moore |title= Rickrolling: Rick Astley named Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards |newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= 7 November 2008 |access-date= 20 June 2018 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3395589/Rickrolling-Rick-Astley-named-Best-Act-Ever-at-the-MTV-Europe-Music-Awards.html |archive-date= 18 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018115621/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3395589/Rickrolling-Rick-Astley-named-Best-Act-Ever-at-the-MTV-Europe-Music-Awards.html |url-status= live}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> In 2019, Astley recorded and released a new '[[Piano|Pianoforte]]' arrangement of the song for his album ''[[The Best of Me (Rick Astley album)|The Best of Me]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first= Leah |last= Brungardt |title= An Interview with 'Never Gonna Give You Up' Singer Rick Astley on His Iconic Hit Song, His Newest Album and Much More! |website= All Access Music |date= 12 November 2019 |access-date= 20 November 2019 |url= https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-never-gonna-give-you-up-singer-rick-astley-on-his-iconic-hit-song-his-newest-album-and-much-more/ |archive-date= 12 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191112214600/https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-never-gonna-give-you-up-singer-rick-astley-on-his-iconic-hit-song-his-newest-album-and-much-more/ |url-status= live}}</ref> In 2023, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine ranked "Never Gonna Give You Up" among the 500 best pop songs of all time.<ref name="billboard500bestpopsongs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/244-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up/|title=The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=19 October 2023|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=8 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208190227/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/244-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Production==
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==Music video==
The music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" was directed by [[Simon West]]. It was filmed in [[London]], largely around Freston Road in the [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-02 |title=Where Was Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up Was Filmed? |url=https://londonist.com/london/music/visit-the-rickroll-bridge-where-never-gonna-give-you-up-was-filmed |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Londonist |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602210220/https://londonist.com/london/music/visit-the-rickroll-bridge-where-never-gonna-give-you-up-was-filmed |url-status=live }}</ref> Since being uploaded to [[YouTube]] on 25 October 2009, the video has received nearlyover 1.5&nbsp;billion views and 1617&nbsp;million likes; it surpassed the 1&nbsp;billion views milestone on 28 July 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title= A billion rick-rolls: Rick Astley video tops 1 billion YouTube views |publisher= [[KIRO-TV]] |date= 28 July 2021 |access-date= 29 July 2021 |url= https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/billion-rick-rolls-rick-astley-video-tops-1-billion-youtube-views/O6PREEJA55HNVGV225LYPSCACI/ |archive-date= 6 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211006235935/https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/billion-rick-rolls-rick-astley-video-tops-1-billion-youtube-views/O6PREEJA55HNVGV225LYPSCACI/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= 'Never Gonna Give You Up' — the Rick-Roll Video — Gets 1 Billion Views |work= Gadgets 360 |publisher= [[NDTV]] |date= 29 July 2021 |access-date= 29 July 2021 |url= https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/rickrolling-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-music-video-youtube-view-one-billion-rick-rolled-2497504 |archive-date= 29 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210729070142/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/rickrolling-rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-music-video-youtube-view-one-billion-rick-rolled-2497504 |url-status= live }}</ref>
 
==Critical reception==
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==Chart performance==
On 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" reached number one in the American [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Hot 100 – The Week of March 12, 1988 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 19 March 2017 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1988-03-12 |archive-date= 9 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201009080322/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1988-03-12 |url-status= live}}</ref> after having been played by resident DJ, [[Larry Levan]], at the [[Paradise Garage]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|first= Andy |last= Beta |title= The Larry Levan Bump: How the Legendary Paradise Garage DJ Ignited Some of the '80s Biggest Hits |website= [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date= 26 August 2015 |access-date= 25 July 2016 |url= http://pitchfork.com/features/article/9710-the-larry-levan-bump-how-the-legendary-paradise-garage-dj-ignited-some-of-the-80s-biggest-hits/ |archive-date= 1 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201001061818/https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9710-the-larry-levan-bump-how-the-legendary-paradise-garage-dj-ignited-some-of-the-80s-biggest-hits/ |url-status= live}}</ref> The single topped the charts in 25 countries worldwide.<ref name="MikeStock"/> The single also reached the number&nbsp;1 spot on the year-end singles charts in the UK and South Africa.<ref name="Springbok"/><ref name="UK"/> With over one million sales in the UK, in 2023 it was included on the [[Official Charts Company]]'s list of the UK's best-selling singles of all time at number 164.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-best-selling-singles-of-all-time-on-the-official-uk-chart__21298/ |title=The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=8 November 2023}}</ref>
 
The single also reached the number&nbsp;1 spot on the year-end singles charts in the UK and South Africa.<ref name="Springbok"/><ref name="UK"/>
 
==Legacy==
Assessing the status of theThe track aswas producers [[Stock Aitken Waterman]]'s biggest and most enduring hit,. composerComposer Mike Stock confessed he struggled to completely understand why the song had struck such a chord, but suggested its massive success was down to a combination of the song, the singer, and the international clout of record label [[RCA Records|RCA]].<ref name=":0" />
 
The song was reportedly played as part of [[Operation Nifty Package]], a [[psychological warfare]] campaign to convince Panamanian dictator [[Manuel Noriega]] to surrender during the [[United States invasion of Panama]] in 1989,<ref>{{cite web |title= Operation Just Cause: After Action Report |page= 210 |access-date= 14 October 2021 |url= https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/DOCUMENT/DOC-PIC/950206_5.gif |archive-date= 31 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211031044046/https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/DOCUMENT/DOC-PIC/950206_5.gif |url-status= live }}</ref> along with other songs such as [[the Clash]]'s cover of "[[I Fought the Law]]" and "[[Panama (song)|Panama]]" by [[Van Halen]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Daniel |last= Ruth |title= Call It a Campaign, but It's More Like Torture |newspaper= [[Tampa Bay Times]] |date= 31 August 2010 |access-date= 29 August 2020 |url= https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/08/31/call-it-a-campaign-but-it-s-more-like-torture/ |archive-date= 29 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210529180927/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/08/31/call-it-a-campaign-but-it-s-more-like-torture/ |url-status= live}}</ref> The [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]-winning sitcom ''[[Ted Lasso]]'' featured the song prominently in the season two episode "No Weddings and a Funeral", including a scene where Rebecca Welton (played by [[Hannah Waddingham]]) begins to sing it in the middle of her father's funeral. Astley himself commented of the episode, "Waddingham...did an amazing, incredible job. It was so emotional, so moving, so incredible. People have said they even cried (during) the church scene."<ref>{{cite news |first= Ian |last= Casselberry |title= Rick Astley responds to 'Ted Lasso' featuring 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" |work= Awful Announcing |date= 29 September 2021 |access-date= 28 November 2021 |url= https://awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/rick-astley-responds-to-ted-lasso-featuring-1987-hit-never-gonna-give-you-up.html |archive-date= 26 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211126164344/https://awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/rick-astley-responds-to-ted-lasso-featuring-1987-hit-never-gonna-give-you-up.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
In 2014, Matt Dunn of [[WhatCulture]] ranked the song at number one in his "15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles" list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whatculture.com/music/15-unforgettable-stock-aitken-waterman-singles?page=16 |first=Matt |last=Dunn |title=15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles |publisher=[[WhatCulture]] |date=16 January 2014 |accessdate=1 February 2024 |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201193105/https://whatculture.com/music/15-unforgettable-stock-aitken-waterman-singles?page=16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
In August 2022, the CSAA Insurance Group, an insurer for the [[American Automobile Association]], released a [[television advertisement|commercial]] featuring Rick Astley, with scenes recreated from the original "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-remake/|title=Rick Astley has recreated his 1987 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video and it's perfect|last=Hamilton|first=Giorgina|date=18 August 2022|publisher=[[Smooth Radio (2014)|Smooth Radio]]|access-date=18 August 2022|archive-date=18 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818171921/https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-remake/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Yung Gravy]]'s 2022 song "[[Betty (Get Money)]]" prominently [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolates]] "Never Gonna Give You Up"'s synthesizer riff and chorus, with Stock Aitken Waterman credited as songwriters.<ref name="OTW">{{cite web|url=https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/yung-gravy-betty-get-money|title=Yung Gravy Drops the Most Infectious Rick Roll With "Betty (Get Money)"|website=[[Ones to Watch]]|last=Kylene|first=Jazmin|date=June 10, 2022|access-date=July 19, 2022|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401062058/https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/yung-gravy-betty-get-money|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Astley agreed to license the music and lyrics, he never authorized Gravy to directly copy his voice. On January 26, 2023, Astley filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court, objecting to Gravy's use of an impersonator to mimic Astley's voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rick-astley-yung-gravy-lawsuit-never-gonna-soundalike/|title=Rick Astley Sues Rapper Yung Gravy Over Hit Song With Soundalike Singer: 'Flagrantly Impersonated'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Donahue|first=Bill|date=January 26, 2023|access-date=January 27, 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401131306/https://www.billboard.com/pro/rick-astley-yung-gravy-lawsuit-never-gonna-soundalike/|url-status=live}}</ref> The case was settled in September 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/rick-astley-sues-rapper-yung-gravy-over-voice-imitation-1235242253/|title=Rick Astley Settles Suit Against Rapper Yung Gravy Over Voice Imitation – Update|date=27 September 2023|work=Deadline|first=Bruce|last=Haring|access-date=29 September 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928232754/https://deadline.com/2023/09/rick-astley-sues-rapper-yung-gravy-over-voice-imitation-1235242253/|url-status=live}}</ref>
''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' listed "Never Gonna Give You Up" at number&nbsp;33 in their "The 50 Best '80s Songs" list in 2018, adding, "Those synthesized strings, that thumping boots-and-pants beat, Astley's weirdly robust croon and his romantic-wooing-as-used-car-salesman pitch ('You wouldn't get this from any other guy')… It all adds up to three-and-a-half of the most effervescent minutes in the '80s canon."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The 50 best '80s songs |magazine= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |date= 2 March 2015 |access-date= 4 October 2018 |url= https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-80s-songs |archive-date= 18 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113237/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-80s-songs |url-status= live}}</ref>
 
In 2014, Matt Dunn of [[WhatCulture]] ranked the song at number one in his "15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles" list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whatculture.com/music/15-unforgettable-stock-aitken-waterman-singles?page=16 |first=Matt |last=Dunn |title=15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles |publisher=[[WhatCulture]] |date=16 January 2014 |accessdate=1 February 2024 |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201193105/https://whatculture.com/music/15-unforgettable-stock-aitken-waterman-singles?page=16 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' listed "Never Gonna Give You Up" at number&nbsp;33 in their "The 50 Best '80s Songs" list in 2018, adding, "Those synthesized strings, that thumping boots-and-pants beat, Astley's weirdly robust croon and his romantic-wooing-as-used-car-salesman pitch ('You wouldn't get this from any other guy')… It all adds up to three-and-a-half of the most effervescent minutes in the '80s canon."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The 50 best '80s songs |magazine= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |date= 2 March 2015 |access-date= 4 October 2018 |url= https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-80s-songs |archive-date= 18 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113237/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-80s-songs |url-status= live}}</ref> In April 2020, ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked it at number&nbsp;44 in their list of "The 100 Greatest UK No 1s".<ref>{{cite news|first1= Ben |last1= Beaumont-Thomas |first2= Alexis |last2= Petridis |first3= Laura |last3= Snapes |title= The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1 |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 5 June 2020 |access-date= 27 July 2020 |issn= 0261-3077 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |archive-date= 18 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113258/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |url-status= live}}</ref> ''[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]'' ranked the song number&nbsp;four in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman Songs" in 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs |magazine= [[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]] |date= August 2021 |accessdate= 31 August 2021 |url= https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/ |archive-date= 27 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210827194911/https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/ |url-status= live }}</ref> In October 2023, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine ranked "Never Gonna Give You Up" number 244 in their list of "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".<ref name="billboard500bestpopsongs"/> In 2023, Alexis Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' listed the song at number two in his "Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked!", describing it "a brilliantly written song".<ref>{{cite news |title=Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked! |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |date=23 November 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/23/stock-aitken-watermans-20-greatest-songs-ranked |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
The song was reportedly played as part of a psychological campaign to convince Panamanian dictator [[Manuel Noriega]] to surrender during the [[United States invasion of Panama]] in 1989,<ref>{{cite web |title= Operation Just Cause: After Action Report |page= 210 |access-date= 14 October 2021 |url= https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/DOCUMENT/DOC-PIC/950206_5.gif |archive-date= 31 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211031044046/https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/DOCUMENT/DOC-PIC/950206_5.gif |url-status= live }}</ref> along with other songs such as [[the Clash]]'s cover of "[[I Fought the Law]]" and "[[Panama (song)|Panama]]" by [[Van Halen]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Daniel |last= Ruth |title= Call It a Campaign, but It's More Like Torture |newspaper= [[Tampa Bay Times]] |date= 31 August 2010 |access-date= 29 August 2020 |url= https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/08/31/call-it-a-campaign-but-it-s-more-like-torture/ |archive-date= 29 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210529180927/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/08/31/call-it-a-campaign-but-it-s-more-like-torture/ |url-status= live}}</ref>
 
In April 2020, ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked it at number&nbsp;44 in their list of "The 100 Greatest UK No 1s".<ref>{{cite news|first1= Ben |last1= Beaumont-Thomas |first2= Alexis |last2= Petridis |first3= Laura |last3= Snapes |title= The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1 |newspaper= The Guardian |date= 5 June 2020 |access-date= 27 July 2020 |issn= 0261-3077 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |archive-date= 18 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113258/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |url-status= live}}</ref>
 
''[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]'' ranked the song number&nbsp;four in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman Songs" in 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs |magazine= [[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]] |date= August 2021 |accessdate= 31 August 2021 |url= https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/ |archive-date= 27 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210827194911/https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/stock-aitken-waterman-songs/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
 
The [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]-winning sitcom ''[[Ted Lasso]]'' featured the song prominently in the season two episode "No Weddings and a Funeral", including a scene where Rebecca Welton (played by [[Hannah Waddingham]]) begins to sing it in the middle of her father's funeral. Astley himself commented of the episode, "Waddingham...did an amazing, incredible job. It was so emotional, so moving, so incredible. People have said they even cried (during) the church scene."<ref>{{cite news |first= Ian |last= Casselberry |title= Rick Astley responds to 'Ted Lasso' featuring 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" |work= Awful Announcing |date= 29 September 2021 |access-date= 28 November 2021 |url= https://awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/rick-astley-responds-to-ted-lasso-featuring-1987-hit-never-gonna-give-you-up.html |archive-date= 26 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211126164344/https://awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/rick-astley-responds-to-ted-lasso-featuring-1987-hit-never-gonna-give-you-up.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
 
In August 2022, the CSAA Insurance Group, an insurer for the [[American Automobile Association]], released a [[television advertisement|commercial]] featuring Rick Astley, with scenes recreated from the original "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-remake/|title=Rick Astley has recreated his 1987 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video and it's perfect|last=Hamilton|first=Giorgina|date=18 August 2022|publisher=[[Smooth Radio (2014)|Smooth Radio]]|access-date=18 August 2022|archive-date=18 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818171921/https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up-remake/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
[[Yung Gravy]]'s 2022 song "[[Betty (Get Money)]]" prominently [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolates]] "Never Gonna Give You Up"'s synthesizer riff and chorus, with Stock Aitken Waterman credited as songwriters.<ref name="OTW">{{cite web|url=https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/yung-gravy-betty-get-money|title=Yung Gravy Drops the Most Infectious Rick Roll With "Betty (Get Money)"|website=[[Ones to Watch]]|last=Kylene|first=Jazmin|date=June 10, 2022|access-date=July 19, 2022|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401062058/https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/yung-gravy-betty-get-money|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Astley agreed to license the music and lyrics, he never authorized Gravy to directly copy his voice. On January 26, 2023, Astley filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court, objecting to Gravy's use of an impersonator to mimic Astley's voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rick-astley-yung-gravy-lawsuit-never-gonna-soundalike/|title=Rick Astley Sues Rapper Yung Gravy Over Hit Song With Soundalike Singer: 'Flagrantly Impersonated'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Donahue|first=Bill|date=January 26, 2023|access-date=January 27, 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401131306/https://www.billboard.com/pro/rick-astley-yung-gravy-lawsuit-never-gonna-soundalike/|url-status=live}}</ref> The case was settled in September 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/rick-astley-sues-rapper-yung-gravy-over-voice-imitation-1235242253/|title=Rick Astley Settles Suit Against Rapper Yung Gravy Over Voice Imitation – Update|date=27 September 2023|work=Deadline|first=Bruce|last=Haring|access-date=29 September 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928232754/https://deadline.com/2023/09/rick-astley-sues-rapper-yung-gravy-over-voice-imitation-1235242253/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In October 2023, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine ranked "Never Gonna Give You Up" number 244 in their list of "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".<ref name="billboard500bestpopsongs"/>
 
In 2023, Alexis Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' listed the song at number two in his "Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked!", describing it "a brilliantly written song".<ref>{{cite news |title=Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked! |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |date=23 November 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/23/stock-aitken-watermans-20-greatest-songs-ranked |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
 
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"Never Gonna Give You Up" is the subject of an [[Internet meme]] known as "[[rickrolling]]" involving misleading links (commonly shortened URLs) redirecting to the song's music video.<ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=27 March 2008 |title=Astley speaks on 'Rickrolling' web fad |url=http://metro.co.uk/2008/03/27/astley-speaks-on-rickrolling-web-fad-54862/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823122842/https://metro.co.uk/2008/03/27/astley-speaks-on-rickrolling-web-fad-54862/ |archive-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> Started by users on [[4chan]], the practice had by May 2007 achieved notoriety on the Internet. It increased in popularity after its use as a 2008 [[April Fools' Day]] joke by various media companies and websites—including YouTube, which rickrolled all of its featured videos on that day—allowing people to easily rickroll their friends' devices.<ref>{{cite web |title=Send funny stuff to your friends' phones! |url=http://www.comedycalls.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812060302/https://www.comedycalls.com/ |archive-date=12 August 2020 |access-date=14 November 2011 |publisher=ComedyCalls.com}}</ref> "I think it's just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it", Astley told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' in late March 2008. "That's what's brilliant about the Internet."<ref>{{cite news |date=25 March 2008 |title=Web Scout: Spinning through online entertainment and connected culture |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/03/rick-astley-kin.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926194338/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/03/rick-astley-kin.html |archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>
 
Astley appeared in the 2008 [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], interrupting a song performed by those on a float promoting the [[Cartoon Network]] programme ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' with a [[Lip sync|lipsynched]] performance of "Never Gonna Give You Up". There were reports that despite the video garnering millions of hits on YouTube, Astley earned almost no money from the online phenomenon, receiving only $12 in royalties from YouTube for his performance share as of August 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=31 August 2010 |title=German judge chides Google over YouTube freeloading |work=[[The Register]] |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/gema_youtube/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330043736/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/gema_youtube/ |archive-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> In 2016, Astley said he never bothered to figure out how much money he earned from YouTube and said that he had also been paid "a chunk of money" by [[Virgin Atlantic|Virgin]] to appear in a commercial and for his appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 October 2016 |title=[AMA] I'm really Rick Astley. I swear. And to celebrate my first album since 1993, I'm here to let you Ask Me Anything! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/56cdgm/ama_im_really_rick_astley_i_swear_and_to/d8i9ai6?context=10000&st=iu0i2rah&sh=833047f3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018120122/https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/56cdgm/ama_im_really_rick_astley_i_swear_and_to/d8i9ai6?context=10000&st=iu0i2rah&sh=833047f3 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |access-date=8 October 2016 |publisher=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>
Astley appeared in the 2008 [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], interrupting a song performed by those on a float promoting the [[Cartoon Network]] programme ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' with a [[Lip sync|lipsynched]] performance of "Never Gonna Give You Up".
 
There were reports that despite the video garnering millions of hits on YouTube, Astley earned almost no money from the online phenomenon, receiving only $12 in royalties from YouTube for his performance share as of August 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=31 August 2010 |title=German judge chides Google over YouTube freeloading |work=[[The Register]] |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/gema_youtube/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330043736/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/gema_youtube/ |archive-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> In 2016, Astley said he never bothered to figure out how much money he earned from YouTube and said that he had also been paid "a chunk of money" by [[Virgin Atlantic|Virgin]] to appear in a commercial and for his appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 October 2016 |title=[AMA] I'm really Rick Astley. I swear. And to celebrate my first album since 1993, I'm here to let you Ask Me Anything! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/56cdgm/ama_im_really_rick_astley_i_swear_and_to/d8i9ai6?context=10000&st=iu0i2rah&sh=833047f3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018120122/https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/56cdgm/ama_im_really_rick_astley_i_swear_and_to/d8i9ai6?context=10000&st=iu0i2rah&sh=833047f3 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |access-date=8 October 2016 |publisher=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>
 
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*In 1997, French [[boy band]] [[2Be3]] covered the song under the name "Toujours là pour toi", which peaked at No. 4 in France and No. 12 in Belgium (Wallonia).<ref>{{cite web|title= lescharts.com – 2 Be 3 – Toujours là pour toi |publisher= Lescharts.com. Hung Medien |url= http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Be+3&titel=Toujours+l%E0+pour+toi&cat=s |access-date= 20 July 2013 |language= fr |archive-date= 20 June 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130620030438/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=2+Be+3&titel=Toujours+l%E0+pour+toi&cat=s |url-status= live}}</ref>
*A group of London dance producers called the Rickrollerz made a [[house music]] cover version of "Never Gonna Give You Up".<ref>{{cite web|first= Fraser |last= McAlpine |title= Please, Give Me Up, GIVE ME UP! |publisher= [[BBC Online]] |date= 14 April 2008 |access-date= 6 December 2009 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/04/please_give_me_up_give_me_up_1.shtml |archive-date= 26 April 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426032720/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/04/please_give_me_up_give_me_up_1.shtml |url-status= live}}</ref> In May 2008, the track entered the UK Club Charts at no. 22.
* In 2022, American pop rock band [[Smash Mouth]] along with their new singer, [[Zach Goode]] covered the song, following the retirement of former lead singer, [[Steve Harwell]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/smash-mouth-reveal-new-singer-via-rick-astley-cover-3176089|title=Smash Mouth reveal new singer via Rick Astley cover|author=Will Richards|website=[[NME|NME.com]]|date=2022-03-05|access-date=2023-05-07}}</ref>
* In 2023, Astley said on ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' that he re-recorded the song "with misheard lyrics" saying this intention was to "break the stigma" of [[hearing loss]], which he is experiencing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://journalstar.com/singer-rick-astley-reveals-hearing-loss/article_2b01e88c-90f1-532f-999b-2fee260a3002.html|title=Singer Rick Astley reveals hearing loss|work=[[Lincoln Journal Star]]|date=27 October 2023|access-date=27 October 2023|archive-date=27 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027192912/https://journalstar.com/singer-rick-astley-reveals-hearing-loss/article_2b01e88c-90f1-532f-999b-2fee260a3002.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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