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Rickrolling or a Rickroll is an Internet meme involving the unexpected appearance of the music video to the 1987 hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up", performed by English singer Rick Astley. The aforementioned video has over 1.5 billion views on YouTube .
"Rock and Roll" is a song by English singer Gary Glitter, released in 1972 from his debut studio album, Glitter. Co-written by Glitter and Mike Leander, the song is in two parts: Part 1 is a vocal track with a "Rock and Roll, Rock" chorus and some verses reflecting on the history of the genre, while Part 2 is an instrumental piece aside from the regular exclamation of the word "Hey" in ...
Mike Stock stated that the Colonel Abrams hit "Trapped" (1985) was a big influence on "Never Gonna Give You Up", saying: "For Rick Astley's song I didn't want it to sound like Kylie or Bananarama so I looked at the Colonel Abrams track 'Trapped' and recreated that syncopated bassline in a way that suited our song."
Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, radio DJ and podcaster. [1] He gained fame through his association with the production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, releasing the 1987 album Whenever You Need Somebody, which sold 15 million copies worldwide and was certified Platinum by both the BPI and the RIAA.
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The Glitter Band: Complete Singles Collection (2021) - A three-disc set from The Glitter Band, featuring every A and B side from 1974 to 1984, two reworkings of "Angel Face" from 1989 (i.e. Angel Face 1989, Angel Face Choir of Angels version!), six rare bonus studio tracks from the early 1980s, a John Springate solo song from 1985 called "Boys ...
In 1987, Rick Astley covered the song, as SAW rushed to gather strong follow up material in the wake of the unexpected global mega-success of "Never Gonna Give You Up". [3] The song would become the title track and second single from Astley's multi-million selling debut album Whenever You Need Somebody , also written and produced by Stock ...
Now That's What I Call the 80s Volume 2 is a special edition compilation album from the (U.S.) Now! series released on June 30, 2009. [2] The album is the series' second compilation of pop music hits of the 1980s. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart at number 37. Most of the tracks on the album are from the latter half of the 1980s.