Rick Astley is enjoying a major career resurgence, having already sold more than 40 million albums fuelled by hits like the chart-topping ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, ‘Whenever You Need Somebody’, ‘Together Forever’, ‘When I Fall in Love’, ‘She Wants To Dance With Me’ and ‘Cry For Help’.
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In addition, “Never Gonna Give You Up” was a global smash on its release in July 1987, topping the charts in 25 countries including Rick’s native UK and the US Billboard Hot 100. It also won the Brit Award for Best Single in 1988.
Stock Aitken and Waterman wrote and produced the track which was the lead-off single and lead track from Rick’s debut LP “Whenever You Need Somebody”. The album was itself a UK number one and would go on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide.
In 2016 he returned with new music and released a wholly self-penned platinum album ’50’ that has to date sold more than 400,000 copies.
In 2018 he followed it up with another top ten albums, ‘Beautiful Life’. In 2019 Rick released a career-spanning top 5 album ‘The Best of Me’, a best of compilation with eleven additional reimagined tracks and a new single ‘Every One Of Us’.
QUOTABLE LYRICS
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 (to say it)
Inside, we both know what’s been going on (going on)
We know the game and we’re gonna play it
Listen to “Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up” below;
