Never Gonna Give You Up

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
2.14	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Hits of the 80’s	1997 US
2.16	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:27	Rick Astley	Les Années 80 + Mode d’emploi, Tome 2	1997 FR
1.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Super Hits 80’s, Volume 3	1997 DE
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	The Best Dance Of The Eighties	1997 NL
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	The Number One 80’s Album	1997 AU
1.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Video Hits: Past Hits, Volume 1	1997 AU
1.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Fantastic 80s!	1998-02-23 GB
1.8	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Club Mix: The 80's	1998-05-19 US
1.14	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Eighties Assortment	1998-11-10 GB
2.14	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	2UE Top 40 The First 40 Years	1998 -
3.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	30 Years of Number One Hits (1960-1990): The Number One Collection, Volume Two	1998 AU
2.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Avro’s Top Pop Yeah	1998 NL
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:29	Rick Astley	Dance Classics: Back to the 80's	1998 NL
1.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Dead or Alive: Dance Hits of the 80’s	1998 NZ
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Heartthrob Hits!	1998 US
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Into the 80s	1998 GB
1.9	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Party Patrol: 80’s Club Sensations	1998 DE
1.10	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Red Hot	1998 US
1.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	The All Time Greatest 80s Album	1998 AU
1.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The All Time Greatest Pop Album	1999-06-28 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Simply the Best of the 80’s	1999-10-30 GB
2.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Disco Bild: Best of Disco Dancing	1999 DE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Greatest Hits of the Millennium: 80’s, Volume 3	1999 NL
1.14	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:30	Rick Astley	Lo Mejor Del Planeta 80’s Anglo 90’s	1999 MX
2.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Nr.1 Hits der 60’s 70’s 80’s	1999 -
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	One Shot ’80, Volume 6	1999 IT
2.16	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Pub Anthems 2000	1999 AU
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The Best of the Eighties, Volume 2	1999 NO
5.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The Best Singles of All Time	1999 AU
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	the collection - Respectable	1999 NL
1.10	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:37	Rick Astley	British Invasion	2000-02-22 US
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	The Hit Factory: Pete Waterman’s Greatest Hits	2000-10-16 GB
1.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	#1 Hits: 1985 - 1989	2000 US
2.5	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Hits of the World 80's	2000 DE
1.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Love & Pride: The Best of the 80s	2000 GB
2.14	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Maynard’s Rewind, Volume 2	2000 AU
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	No. 1 Hits of the 80ies	2000 DE
2.5	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Radio’s #1 Hits: The Very Best of the 80’s	2000 US
1.12	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Teen Riot	2000 US
2.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	The Power of Love: Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart	2000 -
1.10	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Queer as Folk 2: Same Men New Tracks	2001-02-05 GB
2.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Absolute Number One 1984-1989	2001-06-10 SE
1.10	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	School Disco.com (1st Period)	2001-10-22 GB
1.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Ballermann Hits: Discofox	2001 DE
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Best of the 80s	2001 XE
1.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Best of the 80s	2001 NL
2.9	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Body Talk: Moonlight Nights	2001 XE
6.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Dance Music Chronicle ~History of Dance Music	2001 JP
1.13	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Golden Greats	2001 DE
2.16	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	I Love 80s	2001 GB
2.12	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Media Markt Collection: The 80s, Volume 2	2001 DE
4.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	The Ultimate Jukebox Hits of the 80s	2002-02-12 US
2.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Die 80er Show	2002-05-03 DE
1.11	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Absolute Disco Classics	2002-05-27 SE
1.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Back 2 Skool	2002-06-17 GB
7.15	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)	2002-07-02 US
1.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Planet Pop 80s	2002-10-22 CA
1.9	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Only Fools and Horses: The Album	2002-11-25 GB
3.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	De grootste ambiancehits aller tijden	2002-12-02 BE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	3 Originals	2002 XW
4.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	50 Years of No. 1 Hits	2002 GB
1.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	BackPack 80’s: Pop‐O‐Rama	2002 DE
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Best of Music: No. 1 Hits	2002 DE
2.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Dance, Volume 2 & 3	2002 US
2.12	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Don’t Stop the 80’s, Volume 2	2002 DE
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Greatest Hits	2002 ZA
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Greatest Hits	2002 AU 2002 NZ
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Greatest Hits	2002 GB
1.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:26	Rick Astley	Het beste uit de homo 100, Deel 2	2002 NL
1.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	High School Reunion	2002 -
3.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Mastermix Classic Cuts: 50 Years of Pop	2002 GB
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Pop & Wave, Volume 2: More Hits of the 80's	2002 DE
1.14	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	FriendsReunited.co.uk: 42 Classroom Classics From the 80s	2003-01-27 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Greatest Hits	2003-03-19 US
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Absolute 80s	2003-04-22 SE
2.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Hit Mania Dance estate 2003	2003-07-04 IT
1.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	The Very Best of Fantastic 80s!	2003-07-14 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Poptastic 80's: 17 Fantastic Hits from the Eighties	2003-09-22 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	The Best of Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give You Up	2003-09-30 GB
2.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Discoradio Collection, Vol. 2	2003-10-31 IT
2.5	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	School Reunion: The 80’s	2003-11-10 GB
1.5	Never Gonna Give you Up	3:35	Rick Astley	20 UK No.1s from the 80s	2003 XE
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Hit! Hit! Hit!	2003 PT
1.10	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	SATURN Party Edition: Die geilsten 80er Hits	2003 DE
1.17	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:27	Rick Astley	Summer Bubbling	2003 NL
2.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Take 40 Australia: The Number Ones, Volume One 1984–1993	2003 AU
1.8	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	Love Songs to Make You Feel Good	2004-02-09 GB
1.3	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:35	Rick Astley	Love Songs	2004-03-09 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Platinum & Gold Collection	2004-03-09 US
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Platinum & Gold Collection	2004-03-09 -
1.2	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Donna Goes 80's	2004-03-27 BE
1.7	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Back to the 80s	2004-05-31 GB
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Disco Fever Best	2004-08-04 JP
Promotion
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:32	Rick Astley	Moments in Time (spaarbeleg)	1998 NL
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up (7″ mix)	3:30	Rick Astley	Stock Aitken Waterman Diamonds	1998 GB
1.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:36	Rick Astley	Millennium Party	1999 GB
1.4	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:34	Rick Astley	Party 2000	1999 GB
12.5	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:31	Rick Astley	The Radio Essential Series	2000 CA
(unknown)
1.6	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:30	Rick Astley	The Best of The Best of Europop	1997 IL
1.1	Never Gonna Give You Up	3:33	Rick Astley	Flair Number One Hits - Pop	2002 BE

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