It also provides background on how the song and the iconic music video were jettisonedandre-jettisonedinto pop culture prominence.
In the small town of Newton-le-Willows, Astleys band was a local hit in the mid-80s.
Astley was apprehensive at first; he didnt want to leave his band behind.
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Aitken and Stock hadnt even heard him sing.
Astley started wondering what he had signed on for.
In retrospect, Astley now admits he wasnt confident enough at that point to start making music.
They set to work writing him a song.
Astley innocuously said, Yeah but youre never gonna give her up are you?
The team worked tirelessly to produce it and everyone felt like they were creating a major hit.
Stock says, We werent sure what we had.
How stupid can you get?
Astleys song became a hit and quickly found itself on mainstream radio, playing over and over again.
Never Gonna Give You Up was at number one on all genres of charts.
People started asking,who is Rick Astley?
When asked where the famed awkward dancing came from, Astley admits, Fear.
He adds, They had professional dancers for gods sake.
I just shuffled around a bit.
He subsequently quit music at 27 to focus on his family and leave fame behind.
But while on holiday in Italy in 2007, Astley received an email from his friend with a link.
Astley brushed off his friend, and his friend responded with yet another link.
The singer asked what was going on, and his friend explained that he had just been rickrolled.
After watching the music video, Cotter knew he wanted to turn it into a meme.
The trend grew exponentially online.
Once again, Astley found himself back in the limelight.
I have embraced the rickrolling thing and I have joined in with things, he says.
Im not ashamed to admit it, Ive been paid money to do things with it, right?
Aitken observes, Its become a song and a joke as well I suppose at the same time.
Watch the short documentary below and keep up to date on the latest Rick Astley music on his websitehere.
It provides background on how the song and the iconic music video were jettisonedandre-jettisonedinto pop culture prominence.
