Never Gonna Give You Up
Never Gonna Give You Up
Song Information
Artist: Rick Astley
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Vocals: Rick Astley
Album: Never Gonna Give You Up (1987)
BPM: 113
Length: 1:52
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just want to tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Song Connections / Remixes
- A dance pop cover of Never Gonna Give You Up by Ashley Tisdale appears on the Degree Girl: OMG! Jams EP.
Trivia
- Never Gonna Give You Up is Rick Astley's most popular single. It was later included on the album Whenever You Need Somebody (1987).
- The album cover of Whenever You Need Somebody is used as Never Gonna Give You Up's jacket.
- Never Gonna Give You Up was the subject of an Internet meme called "Rickrolling", where people were tricked into clicking a link that leads to Never Gonna Give You Up's music video. This resulted in a resurgence in popularity for the song.
- Never Gonna Give You Up features its music video, eliminating on-screen dancers.
- Never Gonna Give You Up is also featured on the album Dancemania Super Classics 3.
Song Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 55 / 0 | 101 / 9 | 156 / 24 | 200 / 30 | - / - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |