And now, he’s never gonna stop appreciating the beloved track. In time for 2022, Astley teamed up with Frito-Lay for the brand’s "New Year New You" campaign that’s celebrating the single.

Released 35 years ago, "Never Gonna Give You Up," which appeared on Astley's debut album Whenever You Need Somebody, became the blue-eyed soul singer's first No. 1 smash in the U.S., followed by ...

"Never Gonna Give You Up" was part of Astley's debut solo album, Whenever You Need Somebody released in his early 20s. The song reached no. 1 on over 20 international charts upon release, per The ...

Astley, of course, sees “Never Gonna Give You Up” differently than the people who use it to try to mess with friends. He acknowledges the video is “unbelievably late-’80s cheesy” but ...

“Never Gonna Give You Up” is the fourth music video from the 1980s to join YouTube’s Billion Views Club, behind Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” A-ha’s “Take on Me,” and ...

Best known for his 1987 smash “Never Gonna Give You Up” — as well as a certain Internet phenomenon that song’s video eventually spawned — Astley appeared not to notice Niall Horan ...

“Never Gonna Give You Up” is the fourth music video from the 1980s to reach the achievement, behind Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” a-ha’s “Take on Me” and Michael ...

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep with congratulations to Rick Astley. His '80s hit, "Never Going To Give You Up," has passed 1 billion views on YouTube, many of them involuntary.

Rick Astley’s infamous “Never Gonna Give You Up” video recently passed one billion views on Youtube. The video, which was originally released 34 years ago, passed this milestone on July 28 ...

Rick Astley scored a worldwide No. 1 in 1987 with "Never Gonna Give You Up,'' but five years later, walked away from the business to raise his daughter. Now, he's returned as a new kind of singer ...

The original version of Never Gonna Give You Up, of course, is now best associated with Rickrolling, a common internet prank that started about a decade ago, in which perpetrators would trick ...