Ĭlassic Pop ranked the song number 4 in their list of Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs in 2021. In April 2020, The Guardian ranked it at number 44 in their list of The 100 greatest UK No 1s. 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, along with other songs such as the Clash's cover of " I Fought the Law" and " Panama" by Van Halen. Time Out listed "Never Gonna Give You Up" at number 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." Impact and legacy Īssessing the status of the track as producers Stock Aitken Waterman's biggest and most enduring hit, composer 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. 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). " Never Gonna Give You Up" is the debut single recorded by English singer and songwriter Rick Astley, released on 27 July 1987.
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