<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Never Gonna Give You Up" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter Rick Astley, released as a single on 27 July 1987 . It was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman . The song was released as the first single from his debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987). The song was a worldwide number - one hit, initially in the singer's native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks and was the best - selling single of that year . It eventually topped the charts in 25 countries, including the United States and West Germany . </P> <P> The song won Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards . In 1990, Nick Lowe quoted from the song and called it "ghastly" in the lyrics to "All Men Are Liars", a song on his album Party of One . In 2004, "Never Gonna Give You Up" was voted number 28 in 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever by VH1 . </P>

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