{"id":4367,"date":"2022-10-22T12:55:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/22\/song-exploder-rick-astley\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T12:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:55:04","slug":"song-exploder-rick-astley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/22\/song-exploder-rick-astley\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; Rick Astley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-4597\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cNever Gonna Give You Up\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeRhMf2vTHj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:100%; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_c69f47ef-fffd-4b88-b52e-0b2c18c9b998\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rickastley.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Astley<\/a> is a singer and songwriter from England, whose debut single, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNever Gonna Give You Up,\u201d<\/a> grew to become a world smash hit. The track got here out in July 1987 and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Rick_Astley\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gained the BRIT Award for \u201cBritish Single of the Year.\u201d<\/a> It hit primary in 25 international locations, and Rick Astley was nominated for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/rick-astley\/201\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grammy for Best New Artist.<\/a> And then, 20 years after the track got here out, it grew to become a brand new sort of phenomenon, when the meme <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rickrolling\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rickrolling<\/a> was born. Last yr, the music video for \u201cNever Gonna Give You Up\u201d handed a billion streams on YouTube. The track was written and produced by the manufacturing staff <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stock_Aitken_Waterman\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stock Aitken Waterman,<\/a> who grew to become hitmakers for artists like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kylie_Minogue\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kylie Minogue,<\/a> and others. For this episode, I spoke to Rick Astley, and songwriter and producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikestockmusic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Stock,<\/a> and the 2 of them inform the story of how \u201cNever Gonna Give You Up\u201d was made.<\/p>\n<p>You should buy or stream <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1558534271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cNever Gonna Give You Up\u201d right here.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dQw4w9WgXcQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Song-Exploder-Rick-Astley-Transcript.docx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ian-curnow-mn0001036253\/credits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Curnow<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/dee-lewis-mn0000226296\/credits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dee Lewis<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/coral-gordon-mn0001444500\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coral Gordon<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairlight_CMI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fairlight<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linn_9000\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Linn 9000<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gjzOt7TvK1s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rick\u2019s highschool band, FBI<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DD70oKDlemE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Astley on Top of the Pops, 1987<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/385931928\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNever Too Much\u201d by Luther Vandross<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rsBXXG-M2Tc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rick\u2019s cowl of \u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud to Beg\u201d by The Temptations<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RCA_Records\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RCA Records<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motown\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Motown<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luciano_Pavarotti\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luciano Pavarotti<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bananarama\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bananarama<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mel_and_Kim\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mel &amp; Kim<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dead_or_Alive_(band)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dead or Alive<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/635770202\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHotel California\u201d by The Eagles<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fortnite-archive.fandom.com\/wiki\/Never_Gonna_(emote)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Never Gonna (emote)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GDVUmMMl5Ns\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2013 Fortnite<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.2.1) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n\t\t\t\t fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cNever Gonna Give You Up\u201d \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff Rick Astley is a singer and songwriter from England, whose debut single, \u201cNever Gonna Give You Up,\u201d grew to become a world smash hit. The track got here out in July 1987 and gained the BRIT Award for \u201cBritish Single of the Year.\u201d It hit primary in 25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}