Best known for his 1987 smash “Never Gonna Give You Up” — as well as a certain Internet ... dancing around in a very ’80s raincoat. The meme started gathering steam around 2007 but has ...

Rick Astley said in June that his 1987 single/internet meme "has sort of become something else" Rick Astley's career entered a second act when his music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up," grew ...

Thanks to this viral phenomenon, “Never Gonna Give You Up” racked up massive YouTube views (currently at 1.6 billion), became a staple at sports events, and even got a shoutout from The White ...

The meme included tricking people online into expecting one thing from a URL and then being brought to the song or the video for "Never Gonna Give You Up," hence the term Rick-Rolled. Astley ...

A funny joke, but not that funny. Cotter swapped it out for a link to Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” on YouTube, and the meme caught fire. Views grew exponentially. The joke kept on going.

In the late 2000s, "Never Gonna Give You Up" received an unlikely revival when the "Rickrolling" internet meme became a viral ... formerly known as Twitter, by The White House during the Barack ...

This design is never gonna let her down. A 25-year-old tattoo enthusiast from Las Vegas says she got a QR code tattoo on her right arm that plays Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” on ...

it remains the meme that keeps on meme-ing. Rick Astley's 1987 chart-topper "Never Gonna Give You Up" is so ingrained in our collective consciousness that when Melania Trump uttered the words "He ...

No, you’re not getting rickrolled. Not technically. Because Rick Astley just recreated the music video for his mega-hit “Never Gonna Give You Up ... their sexy white polo shirts.

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