How Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up Went from 80s Pop

Rick Astley fan at the turn of the millennium. I was in high school at the time, and it was on a weekend-morning cable-TV binge that I happened first to hear his music — albeit just a few seconds of it — on a commercial for one of those order-by-phone nostalgia compilations.

Rick Astley recreates Never Gonna Give You Up music video 35 years on

Rick Astley performs 'Never Gonna Give You Up' with 200 people in

Astley never stops appreciating 'Never Gonna Give You Up

Hits and memories

Rick Astley Sues Yung Gravy Over Never Gonna Give You Up Voice

Rick Astley recreates 'Never Gonna Give You Up' music video 35

Rick Astley gets 'weekly' requests to use Never Gonna Give You Up

Rick Astley's birthday: Never Gonna Give You Up and Other Hits

Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up': an 80s Pop Culture

Astley never stops appreciating 'Never Gonna Give You Up