Rick Astley‘s 1987 hit, “Never Gonna Give You Up,” which found new life with the “Rickrolling” prank, one of the earliest YouTube memes, passed one billion views on YouTube Wednesday (July 28th) since it was uploaded almost 12 years ago.
Astley tweeted a video to mark reaching the milestone, in which he called it “mind-blowing,” and said, “The world is a wonderful and beautiful place, and I am very lucky.” “Never Gonna Give You Up” is only the fourth music video from the 1980s to have one million views, along with Guns N’ Roses‘ “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” A-ha‘s “Take on Me,” and Michael Jackson‘s “Billie Jean.”
1 BILLION views for Never Gonna Give You Up on @YouTube ! Amazing, crazy, wonderful!
Rick ♥️https://t.co/mzyLznTr4R #NGGYU #NGGYU1Billion pic.twitter.com/p5xnn0OZcZ— Rick Astley (@rickastley) July 28, 2021
