<P> In "a couple of weeks", about 13 million people had been tricked into watching Astley's video, the BBC reported on 1 April 2008 . "I think it's just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it", Astley told the Los Angeles Times in late March 2008, adding: "That's what's brilliant about the Internet ." </P> <P> Astley also appeared in the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade interrupting a song performed by those on a float promoting the Cartoon Network program Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends with a lipsynched performance of "Never Gonna Give You Up". </P> <P> There were reports that despite the video garnering millions of hits on YouTube, Astley earned almost no money from the online phenomenon, receiving only $12 USD in royalties from YouTube for his performance share, as of August 2010, but Astley denied those reports in 2016 . </P> <Ul> <Li> In 1997, French band 2Be3 covered the song under the name "Toujours là pour toi", which had success in France (No. 4) and Belgium (Wallonia) (No. 12). </Li> <Li> In 1999, an Italian cover entitled "Non ti lascerò" was made by Fiorello . </Li> <Li> Eurobeat artist Kevin Johnson covered the song in 2004 for the album Super Eurobeat 149 . </Li> <Li> A group of London dance producers called The Rickrollerz made a house music cover version of "Never Gonna Give You Up". In May 2008, the track entered the UK Club Charts at no . 22 . </Li> <Li> In August 2007, internet celebrity and singer Tay Zonday covered the song . </Li> <Li> On 25 November 2008, Barry Manilow released a version of the song on his The Greatest Songs of the Eighties album . </Li> <Li> In 2008, Ashley Tisdale released a cover of the song, along with three other songs of the 80s . </Li> </Ul>

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