Never Gonna Give You Up

"Never Gonna Give You Up" is a dance-pop song originally made by Rick Astley. It was released as a single from Astley's multi-million selling debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, which was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer's native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at number one for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year.

"Never Gonna Give You Up"
Single by Rick Astley
from the album Whenever You Need Somebody
Released	27 July 1987 (UK) 1988 (U.S.)
Recorded	1986
Genre	Dance-pop, blue-eyed soul
Length	3:32
Label	PWL, RCA
Songwriter(s)	Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman
Producer(s)	Stock Aitken Waterman
Rick Astley singles chronology
"When You Gonna" (1987) "Never Gonna Give You Up" (1987) "Whenever You Need Somebody" (1987)

The music video for the song has become the basis for "Rickrolling", an internet meme where someone is tricked into viewing the music video by clicking on a link to it.

Track listings

7" single "Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:32 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) — 3:30 12" maxi "Never Gonna Give You Up" (cake mix) — 5:46 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) — 6:19 "Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:31 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape to New York mix) — 7:01 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape from Newton mix) — 6:23

12" maxi "Never Gonna Give You Up" (cake mix) — 5:48 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) — 3:30 "Never Gonna Give You Up" — 3:32 12" single "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape from Newton mix) — 6:30 "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape to New York mix) — 7:00

Credits

• Written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
• Engineer: Mark McGuire, Mike Duffy
• Mixed by:
• Escape from Newton mix: Mixmaster Pete Hammond
• Escape to New York mix: The Extra Beat Boys

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Canada[1]	Gold	May 17, 1988	50,000
France[2]	Silver	1988	200,000
Germany[3]	Gold	1987	150,000
Sweden[4]	Gold	October 21, 1987	10,000
UK[5]	Gold	September 1, 1987	400,000
U.S.[6]	Gold	February 24, 1989	500,000

Charts

Chart (1987-1988) Peak position Australia ARIA Singles Chart[7] 1 Ö3 Austria Top 40[8] 4 Dutch Top 40[9] 1 French SNEP Singles Chart[8] 6 German Singles Chart[10] 2 Irish Singles Chart[11] 2 Italian Singles Chart[12] 3 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[13] 1 Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart[8] 1 Swedish Singles Chart[8] 1 Swiss Singles Chart[8] 2 UK Singles Chart[14] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary[15] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play[15] 1

End of year chart (1987) Position Swiss Singles Chart[16] 20 End of year chart (1988) Position Australian Singles Chart[17] 8