A popular Internet joke is Rickrolling. It's a harmless prank that tricks people into clicking on an Internet link. It takes you to a YouTube video of 80s pop singer Rick Astley performing Never Gonna ...

We’re never gonna give YOU up, Rick Astley. The “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video has passed 1 billion views on YouTube. The video reached the milestone on Wednesday, almost 12 years after its ...

One of the internet's best-known videos just marked an important (and arguably overdue) historic moment. KIRO7 notes that Rick Astley's video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" crossed 1 billion YouTube ...

The official music video for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" has hit a billion views on YouTube thanks to the viral Internet phenomenon of rickrolling. Astley's 1987 song hit YouTube on ...

YouTube confirmed that Rick Astley's 1987 hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up" has officially surpassed 1 billion views on the platform. The catchy song became a part of internet culture in the early ...

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Many of those views may have been involuntary. Rick-rolling, for those who don't know, is when you prank people by sending them a link to that song, disguised as something else. Good morning. I'm ...

If you have never been rick-rolled, consider yourself lucky. But the most famous bait-and-switch prank in internet history has reached a huge milestone. The music video of Rick Astley's 1987 song, ...

Rick has rolled into YouTube‘s billion-views club. The official video for Rick Astley‘s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” — uploaded almost 12 years ago — surpassed 1 billion lifetime views on ...