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Meet Rick Astley...

He is no stranger to love. He'll give you a full commitment that you wouldn't get from any other guy!

He just wants to tell you how he's feeling...

Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it. Inside you both know what's been going on. You know the game and you're gonna play it.

And most importantly, Rick is never going...

To give you up! Never gonna let you down! Never gonna run around and desert you! Never gonna make you cry! Never gonna say goodbye! Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you!

A Breif History of Rickrolling

Rickrolling is one the most enduring memes in history of the internet. Typically rickrolling involves using a disguised hyperlink to the video for Rick Astlty's 1987 single "Never Gonna Give You Up", but has taken many other forms, including suprise preformances from Rick himself. The offical video on has over a billion views on youtube, making it one the most popular music videos from the 1980s on the website.

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