Never Gonna Give You Up

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up	1987-07-27 GB
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up	1987-07-27 XE
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up	1987-07-27 US
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up (radio edit)	3:31	Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up	1987-07-27 CA
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987-10-01 XE
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Absolute Music 3	1987-10-05 SE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The Hit Factory: The Best of Stock Aitken Waterman	1987-10-12 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987-12-08 US
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Club Top 13 International: November / Dezember 1987	1987 DE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Formel Eins: Space Hits	1987 DE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Het beste uit de Top 40 van ’t jaar ’87	1987 NL
1.8	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Hit Connection 87	1987 BE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Hits '87: Die internationalen Superhits	1987 DE
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up (7" mix)	3:32	Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up	1987 -
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The Hit Factory: The Best of Stock Aitken Waterman	1987 GB
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	The Hits Album 7	1987 GB
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	The Hits Album 7	1987 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 US
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 XE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:37	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 US
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 XE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 AU
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody (mfg. BMG Music Canada)	1987 CA
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 CA
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987 US
2.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Ones on 1	1988-10 GB
1.9	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Hitbreaker 1/88	1988 DE
2.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Ones on 1	1988 GB
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Sanremo 88 (RCA)	1988 IT
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Sanremo 88 (Polystar)	1988 IT
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Zärtliche Chaoten II	1988 DE
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The 80’s: The Album of the Decade	1989-10-01 GB
2.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:28	Rick Astley	25 jaar Top 40 Hits, Deel 6: ’85‐’88	1989 NL
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:22	Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up / Together Forever (Lovers Leap remix)	1989 -
2.9	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Story of the 80’s	1989 GB
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The Greatest Hits of the 80s	1989 GB
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	The Greatest Hits of the Eighties	1989 -
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:29	Rick Astley	The Original Disco Dance Collection, Vol. 3: 1985–1989	1989 NL
1.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	30 Years of Number 1s, Volume 11: 1983-1986	1990 XE
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Summer Chart Party	1990 GB
1.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Hitcontainer Number One	1991 DE
2.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 4	1991 DE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	De Pre Historie 1987	1992 BE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	The Greatest Hits of the 80s: The Decade, the Music	1992 XE
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Now That’s What I Call Music! 1987	1993-08-23 GB
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	20 Jaar Internationale Hits 73-93	1993 BE
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Hopelessly (Live) (part two of a two part series)	1993 GB
1.14	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Number Ones of the 80’s	1993 GB
5.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Million Sellers: The Eighties	1994-04 NL
2.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:27	Rick Astley	Love Eternal	1994-12 GB
1.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Hit Connection 84-94	1994 BE
2.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	?:??	Rick Astley	Night Songs	1994 US
2.18	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Night Songs	1994 -
2.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Rock Times Extra	1994 DE
1.12	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Summer in the City 3	1994 SE
2.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	The 80's Collection, Volume Three	1994 AU
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	The 80's Collection: 1987	1994 BE
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	The 80's Collection: 1987	1994 DE
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The 80's Collection: 1987 (some different tracks)	1994 DE
11.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	The Golden Collection	1994 SE
1.5	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	The No. 1 Hits 1987	1994 DE
1.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:28	Rick Astley	Absolute 80's, Volume 4: 86/87	1995 NO
1.12	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:28	Rick Astley	Culture Dance, Volume 7	1995 FR
1.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Kendo 18 Pop Hits No.9	1995 DE
1.18	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Party Collection, Volume 4	1995 DE
2.12	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Radio City Classic Hits: The 80's	1995 SE
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Take 40: Ten Years of No. 1 Hits	1995 -
1.9	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The Ultimate Eighties	1995 GB
8.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	The Ultimate Music Collection	1995 NL
2.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The Very Best of Pop Music 1987-88	1995 DK
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The Very Best of the 80's: 1987, Volume 2	1995 DE
1.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The No 1 Hit Collection	1996-10-04 ZA
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	The Ultimate Party Animal	1996-11-11 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Best of Dance '87	1996 DE
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Best Sellers of the 80's, Volume 6	1996 NL
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Hands Up '96 (disc 2)	1996 DE
2.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	4:10	Rick Astley	Hands Up 96	1996 DE
1.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Hits of the 80s	1996 GB - IE
1.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Now The Music: Dance Classics 80’s	1996 NL
1.18	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Sounds of the Eighties: The Late ’80s	1996 US
1.10	Nunca te abandonare	3:34	Rick Astley	Stop! By the 80’s	1996 AR
1.20	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	The Chart Show: Greatest Hits	1996 GB
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	The Greatest 80’s No1 Hits Album	1996 AU
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	The Greatest of the Eighties	1996 NO
1.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The No. 1 Hit Collection (South Africa)	1996 ZA
1.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:30	Rick Astley	Only Love 1985 - 1989	1997-01-14 US
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Rockin’ 80’s	1997-11-07 US
1.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	1987: Die Stars — die Hits — die Facts	1997 DE
2.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Absolute Hits of the 80’s	1997 DK
2.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Decade of Dance Hits: 85-95	1997 AU
4.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Flair: 48 Favourite Summerhits (’70 ’80 ’90)	1997 BE
4.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:30	Rick Astley	Greatest Hits Top 100	1997 NL
Promotion
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Top Hits of the 80's	1991 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Musical Library, Volume 3	1996 DE
1.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Smooth Indulgence	1996 GB
1.1	ギブ・ユー・アップ	3:33	Rick Astley	Mega Hits ’80s	1997-05-21 JP
(unknown)
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	¡Boom! 3 (El disco de los exitos)	1987 ES
2.5	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:30	Rick Astley	Double Gold: The Best Dance Classics	1991 NL
1.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:27	Rick Astley	Génération Dance (Volume 1)	1996 FR

Relationships

keyboard [Fairlight] programming:	Ian Curnow (in 1986-10)
additional engineer:	Jamie Bromfield Mike Duffy Phil Harding Karen Hewitt
assistant engineer:	Boky Peter Day Gordon Dennis Jonathan King Yoyo
engineer:	Mark McGuire
producer:	Aitken Stock Waterman
mixer:	Mixmasters Pete Hammond (on 1987-01-01)
drums (drum set) [drums]:	A Linn (in 1986-10)
guitar [guitars]:	Matt Aitken (in 1986-10)
keyboard [keyboards]:	Matt Aitken (in 1986-10) Mike Stock (in 1986-10)
background vocals [backing vocals]:	Dee Lewis (in 1986-10) Shirley Lewis (in 1986-10) Mae McKenna (in 1986-10) Suzanne Rhatigan (in 1986-10)
lead vocals:	Rick (in 1986-10)
arranger:	Gordon Jenkins

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (in 1987) Pete Waterman Ltd. (in 1987) PWL (in 1987)
miscellaneous support:	PWL (task: original sound recordings made by)

recorded at:	PWL Studio 1 (in 1986-10) PWL Studio 2 (in 1986-10) PWL Studios in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1986-10)
mixed at:	PWL Studio 1 (on 1987-01-01) PWL Studio 2 (on 1987-01-01)

has remixes:	Never Gonna Give You Up (Baby Diamonds remix) Never Gonna Give You Up (Xam’s trance break) You Got Rickrollerized by Rickrollerz
sampled by:	Betty (Get Money) by Yung Gravy CirnoRHTL by Reizoko Cj Lolicore 2.27 (Pu-erh tea edition) by Reizoko CJ Some Owls Were Harmed During The Making Of This Programme by Kevin Eldon
mash-ups:	A Perfectly Normal Mashup… by Carrots The Rabbi Brightstyle by hujiba Corycore Collection Ⅰ by RosalinaSama Don’t You Ever Give Up Wanting Me (Baby) (Rick Astley vs. Human League) by MadMixMustang EXTREME MEME MUSIC MEGAMASHUP by DaymanOurSavior Get Ur Robo On by Wobble jetpack (svantana rickrollmix) by module 6 Johnny by Neil Cicierega Lulz: A Corruption of Everything by Psycosis Memories by Beefjerky007 Never Gonna Be Me by toonlink Never Gonna Burn Down Our Little Hometown (twentyonepilots vs. Linkin Park vs. Erasure vs. Rick Astley vs. The Prodigy) by Talk Hard Productions Never Gonna Clock You by DJ Tripp Never Gonna Fool Your Gold (Rick Astley vs. The Stone Roses) by DJ Lobsterdust Never Gonna Freak You Out by Divide & Kreate Never Gonna Give Avril 14th Up by Crowded Babes Never Gonna Give the Monado Up by Triple‐Q Never Gonna Give Up the Small Things by G3RSt Never Gonna Give Up the Wrong Club by SmadaLeinad Never Gonna Give You Up in a Heavy Situation by Sugamotor Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up [Nirvana vs. Rick Astley] by DJ Morgoth Never Gonna Lie From You (2015 Concept) by JV5 Never Gonna Space You Up (Rick Astley vs. Jamiroquai) by Max & Moritz Never Not Unusual (Rick Astley vs. Tom Jones) by YITT Neverending by Mighty Mike Neverending (Rick Astley vs. Mika) by Mighty Mike Perfect Love (Britney Spears vs. Erasure vs. Kylie Minogue vs. Justin Bieber vs. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg vs. Jessie J vs. Beyoncé vs. Calvin Harris vs. Cheryl Cole vs. Donna Summer vs. Modern English vs. David Guetta vs. Rick Astley vs. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa vs. Gossip vs. R3hab & Swanky Tunes feat. Max'C vs. Owl City vs. Timbaland vs. One Direction vs. Ke$ha) by DJ Schmolli Radio Rick by DJ Useo Reunite Your World by Triple‐Q Ricksputin by Beefjerky007 Ricky (Rick Astley vs. Bill Conti) by Phil RetroSpector The Jig Is Never Up by Qubic Virturoll Ricksanity (Rick Astley vs. Jamiroquai) by markwahlbird We Don’t Make Meme Mashups (Encanto vs. Quad City DJ’s vs. PSY vs. Santana feat. Rob Thomas vs. Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion vs. Rick Astley vs. Imagine Dragons vs. LazyTown vs. Smash Mouth vs. Bag Raiders vs. Soulja Boy vs. Leviathan vs. Misha vs. Weezer vs. The Legend of Zelda: Wand of Gamelon vs. Reese’s Puffs vs. Among Us vs. Barenaked Ladies) by Psynwav Intro by Ph0ton (order: 2) ryuuseigun mashup by jan Misali (order: 4) Let It Bump by E-603 (order: 7)
music videos:	Never Gonna Give You Up

part of:	Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 48) (order: 48) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 244) (order: 244)

stream video for free:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/song/rick-astley/never-gonna-give-you-up/ [info]

recording of:	Never Gonna Give You Up (in 1986-10)

Never Gonna Give You Up

writer:	Matt Aitken Mike Stock Pete Waterman

publisher:

All Boys Music Ltd.
BMG Music
Copyright Control
Hammer Music
Mike Stock Publishing Limited
Sid’s Songs Limited
Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc.
Universal Music Careers
Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Terrace Music (in 1987)

referred to in medleys:	Sawmix 1 R.A. Megamix (order: 2) Horse Race (extended mix) (order: 44)
later parody versions:	Bidoof Day announcement!
is the basis for:	Toujours là pour toi (Never Gonna Give You Up)
arrangements:	Never Gonna Fugue You Up
lyrics quoted in:	Freddy, You're Supposed to Be on Lockdown

Never Gonna Give You Up

Genres: pop, dance-pop, synth-pop, blue-eyed soul, dance

Other tags: adult contemporary, club/dance, beach, dinner, dreamy

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Never Gonna Give You Up

Never Gonna Give You Up

Genres: pop, dance-pop, synth-pop, blue-eyed soul, dance

Other tags: adult contemporary, club/dance, beach, dinner, dreamy

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Never Gonna Give You Up