Despite nabbing the honor as the song with the worst '80s drum sound, this tune was a smash hit.

He can probably thank the Rickrolling phenomenon for this one. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Rick Astley‘s 1987 hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” has passed 1 billion streams on ...

At the age of 21, Rick Astley emerged from the shadows of the Stock, Aitken and Waterman production house as their former tea boy became one of the biggest stars on the planet. His era-defining ...

Not all Top 10 songs last forever in our consciousness. These four smash hit songs from 1988 are somewhat unheralded these days.

Rick Astley was just 21 years old when he recorded his 1987 hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." It spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and charted for 24 more weeks. At age 27, he retired ...

The 1987 song received newfound popularity in the 2000s thanks to the Rick-Rolling meme David Redfern/Redferns; Andy Von Pip/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give ...

We're no strangers to new music. You know the rules, and so do I. And a new single is what Rick Astley is what he's thinking of—you wouldn't get it from any other guy. In the bleak times of 2026, Rick ...