Never Gonna Give You Up

Summary

Never Gonna Give You Up is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,527 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Never Gonna Give You Up's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's composer is recorded as Mike Stock^[4].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's composer is recorded as Matt Aitken^[5].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's composer is recorded as Pete Waterman^[6].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's genre is dance-pop^[7].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's genre is blue-eyed soul^[8].
• Among the performers on Never Gonna Give You Up was Q219237^[9].
• Never Gonna Give You Up was performed by Magnus Carlsson^[10].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's record label is recorded as RCA Records^[11].
• Never Gonna Give You Up is part of Whenever You Need Somebody^[12].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's language of work or name is recorded as English^[13].
• Never Gonna Give You Up was released on 1987^[14].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's lyricist is recorded as Mike Stock^[15].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's lyricist is recorded as Matt Aitken^[16].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's lyricist is recorded as Pete Waterman^[17].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Never Gonna Give You Up'}^[18].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's different from is recorded as Never Gonna Give You Up^[19].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's different from is recorded as Rickrolling^[20].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's form of creative work is recorded as song^[21].
• Never Gonna Give You Up's recording date is recorded as 1987^[22].

Product Details

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• Release type: Song^[23]

• Community tags: awesome, list song, meme^[24]

• MusicBrainz ID: 69755ab1-409e-3ad7-902f-3a839042799c^[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Q219237^[9] and Magnus Carlsson^[10].

Publication

Never Gonna Give You Up was published on 1987^[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[13]. Genres include dance-pop^[7] and blue-eyed soul^[8]. It is part of Whenever You Need Somebody^[12].

Why It Matters

Never Gonna Give You Up ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,527 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]