Friday, June 24, 2016

The Long, Strange History of "Never Gonna Give You Up"


Rick Astley recently put out a new album. It's called 50, because of the fact that he's 50 now. For a lot of '80s kids, that news will be a shock. In the culture, he's been forever frozen in his early 20s because of hits like "Never Gonna Give You Up." For MEL, I look back at that song's path to No. 1 ... and then to an internet meme. Read all about it.