Rick Astley Recreates Iconic 'Never Gonna Give You Up' Video, 35 Years After Release. Rick Astley said in June that his 1987 single/internet meme "has sort of become something else" By.

Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" reached one billion streams on Spotify. The song gained newfound popularity in the 2000s thanks to the rickrolling bait-and-switch meme.

Rick Astley in 1982 and in 2025 Rick Astley may be cemented in music history for the viral “Rickrolling” prank, but he’s never actually pulled it himself.

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 ...

Rick Astley has a friend in Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters The Rickrolling phenomenon renewed Astley’s interest in music and in 2016, he released “50,” his first album in more than a decade ...