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awards had been received. On 6 November 2008, just hours before the ceremony was due to air, it was reported that MTV Europe did not want to give Astley the award at the ceremony, wanting instead to present it at a later date. Many fans who voted for Astley felt the awards ceremony failed to acknowledge him as a legitimate artist. Astley stated in an interview that he felt the award was "daft", but noted that he thought that "MTV were thoroughly rickrolled", and went on to thank everyone who voted for him. In 2009, Astley wrote about
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website. Viewership was so high that it crashed
Rockstar's site. Several users helped to post mirrors of the video on different sites, but one user on 4chan, Shawn Cotter, had linked to the "Never Gonna Give You Up" video claiming to be the trailer, tricking numerous readers into the bait-and-switch.
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to challenge this censoring, protested at the Church's various headquarters across the globe by chanting the song, among other activities. A number of collegiate basketball games in March 2008 had people dressing up as Astley from the video and lip-syncing to the music as a prank before the start of
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that leads to the music video. When one clicks on a seemingly unrelated link, the site with the music video loads instead of what was expected, and they have been "Rickrolled". The meme has also extended to using the song's lyrics, or singing it, in unexpected contexts. Astley himself has also been
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of his own, but that he would be happy to have other artists remix it. Overall, Astley is not troubled by the phenomenon, stating that he finds it "bizarre and funny" and that his only concern is that his "daughter doesn't get embarrassed about it." At the time, a spokesperson for Astley's record
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million views by 2021. It was once again taken down in July 2021 for "Violating YouTube's Terms of
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post in June 2020, a user, u/theMalleableDuck, claimed to have met Astley backstage when they were 12 years old, but the user posted a link to the song instead of a picture verifying the encounter. Astley later confirmed he had been tricked into clicking the link. The submission became the most
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after the online nomination form was flooded with votes. The push to make Astley the winner of the award, as well as efforts to encourage MTV to personally invite Astley to the awards ceremony, continued after the announcement. On 10 October, Astley's website confirmed that an invitation to the
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Day" with plans for a major announcement for the Pokémon series, which turned out to be a rickroll using a parody of "Never Gonna Give You Up". Later that month, the meme resulted in the music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" reaching 1 billion views, becoming the fourth 1980s song to do so.
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concert in
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from YouTube. Although by that time the song had been played 39 million times, Astley did not compose the song and received only a performer's share of the sound recording copyright. However, Astley denied those reports in 2016.
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suddenly transitions into Ralph singing a cover of "Never Gonna Give You Up", and replicating Astley's dance from the original music video during the post-credits scene. The song also appears in the film
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baseball team asked fans on the internet what song they should use for their eighth-inning rally song. "Never Gonna Give You Up" received a massive number of votes, driven by websites like 4chan. At the
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slipped snippets of the song's lyrics into speeches they gave on the floor of the legislature. Aides later stitched together a video compilation of these snippets into a full song, released on YouTube.
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magazine published a guide to modern hoaxes which listed rickrolling as one of the better known beginner-level hoaxes, along with the
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schemes, and general joy." On 25 August 2019 there was a notable large-scale occurrence at
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The Legendary Song That Became the Rick Roll | The Story Of
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that has become the subject of a similar Internet meme.
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2704:"New York Times Gets Rick Roll'd"
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2558:Kasulke, Calvin (22 March 2021).
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1888:from the original on 9 June 2020.
1260:Friedman, Emily (30 April 2008).
1172:from the original on 27 July 2008
1109:from the original on 21 June 2023
810:from the original on 18 June 2020
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2062:from the original on 18 May 2021
1713:Schneider, Marc (18 July 2014).
1550:Peralta, Eyder (13 April 2013).
1262:"'Rick Rolling' Ruins Mets Vote"
1158:Michaels, Sean (19 March 2008).
1070:"An Oral History of Rickrolling"
1050:from the original on 18 May 2024
844:from the original on 3 July 2019
770:from the original on 18 May 2024
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683:upvoted post of 2020 on Reddit.
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517:by playing the beginning of the
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2976:Tossell, Ivor (17 April 2008).
2677:Johnson, Steve (1 April 2008).
2501:Marcin, Tim (8 December 2020).
2114:Spangler, Todd (29 July 2021).
1224:Wortham, Jenna (1 April 2008).
985:from the original on 1 May 2008
796:Melissa Locker (18 June 2020).
584:American Automobile Association
124:", performed by English singer
3018:An Oral History of Rickrolling
2951:Wells, Steven (9 April 2008).
2787:Pegoraro, Rob (1 April 2008).
2702:Leahy, Brian (28 March 2008).
2270:Sarno, David (25 March 2008).
2173:Ball, Siobhan (1 April 2021).
1779:D'Angelo, Bob (28 July 2021).
1226:"YouTube 'Rickrolls' Everyone"
1135:. 9 April 2008. Archived from
578:Astley recreated the original
548:had announced 1 July 2021 as "
335:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
324:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
159:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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1936:www.behindthesteelcurtain.com
1293:Peck, Sally (10 April 2008).
930:Hasty, Katie (5 April 2008).
717:List of practical joke topics
430:Walt Disney Animation Studios
189:Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
84:An audio sample of the song "
1105:. The Always Sunny Podcast.
566:rickrolled her followers on
313:2008 MTV Europe Music Awards
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2839:"Prank gives song new life"
2081:Walker, Ian (1 July 2021).
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3202:Whenever You Need Somebody
3082:Whenever You Need Somebody
897:Whenever You Need Somebody
712:List of Internet phenomena
507:Dignity Health Sports Park
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69:"Never Gonna Give You Up"
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722:Sandstorm (instrumental)
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207:Christopher "m00t" Poole
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3195:Never Gonna Give You Up
2893:Staff (28 March 2008).
2866:Staff (31 March 2008).
2820:. Digital Spy Limited.
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122:Never Gonna Give You Up
86:Never Gonna Give You Up
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503:Los Angeles Chargers
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420:the twentieth season
409:Plants vs. Zombies 2
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3209:When I Fall in Love
3170:Ultimate Collection
2963:on 16 December 2012
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