"So who would've believed after all these years 'Never Gonna Give You Up' has had a billion streams on Spotify. That's a ...

No. 1 hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up", surpasses a billion streams on Spotify after being released nearly 40 years ago.

The initial part of the video is on the real topic, but in a last minute flip, it suddenly starts playing the 1987 song Never Gonna Give You Up by English pop star Rick Astley. The phenomenon of ...

Getty Images; Rick Astley NEW YORK — How does Rick Astley handle one of his songs being part of the biggest internet meme of all time? He rolls with it, obviously. “Listen, let’s face it ...

It experienced a new popularity in the 2000s, when getting "Rick-Rolled," a bait-and-switch online move, was born from the song. The meme included tricking people online into expecting one thing ...