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Never Gonna Give You Up was a 1987 hit single by English singer Rick Astley. Two decades later, users on 4chan began disguising links to its music video as something else entirely, a bait-and-switch prank that became known as rickrolling around 2007 and 2008. The gag exploded across YouTube, forums and April Fools stunts, even crashing award-show votes and live broadcasts. It endures because the setup is infinitely reusable and the payoff, that instantly familiar chorus, makes the prank feel like a shared joke rather than a trick, a true meme sound of internet culture.
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The iconic Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up clip behind the rickroll prank. A classic bait-and-switch meme sound for pranking friends in videos and streams.
You know it within half a second: that bright eighties synth-pop bounce and Rick Astley's unmistakable voice launching into the chorus of Never Gonna Give You Up. The clip is short, punchy and instantly recognisable, which is exactly why it works as a prank. Viewers expect one thing, hear those first notes, and realise they have been had. The joke lands through pure recognition rather than surprise at the audio itself, and the cheerful, earnest delivery makes the betrayal feel friendly instead of mean, keeping the mood light every time it plays.
