Rick Astley‘s “Never Gonna Give You Up” was released in July 1987, which was right around the time The Smiths broke up. You might not be surprised, but at the time, there was not a lot of crossover in ...

Rick Astley may be cemented in music history for the viral “Rickrolling” prank, but he’s never actually pulled it himself. Two decades after the English singer’s iconic track “Never Gonna Give You Up” ...

Internet gag sends people to a video of Rick Astley's 80s song. April 11, 2008 — -- Have you been Rick Rolled yet? If you have, you join the ranks of as many as 9 million people who have been hit ...

"I only view it as a positive thing," says Astley of the Internet meme spawned by his 1987 music video Rick Astley has had one of the most bizarre second acts in music history. The pompadoured ...

We may never give Rick Astley up. The art of "Rickrolling" -- substituting mistitled videos on the Internet with Astley's 80's hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" -- reached its peak sometime in the summer ...

Yes, Rick Astley has been rickrolled before. The musician told CNN that years ago, when a friend emailed him a link and the video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” appeared, he didn’t realize it was a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some may know him as one of the charismatic hosts of Good Morning America. Others might know him ...