"Never Gonna Give You Up" is the internationally successful pop hit released in 1987 by British teen idol Rick Astley. The song received an unlikely renaissance in the late 2000s, as the subject of the meme/gag known as Rick Rolling. The popularity of Rickrolling in turn led to a 2008 cover version by Ashley Tisdale.
In March 2008, The Los Angeles Times tracked Astley down to get his take on the Rickrolling phenomenon and the song itself.
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