Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song written by Stock, Aitken & Waterman and sung by English singer Rick Astley. The song was released as the first single from Astley''s multi-million selling debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer''s native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at number one for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. The song won Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards. The music video for the song has become the basis for the "Rickrolling" Internet meme. In 2008, Rick Astley won the MTV EMA awards for "Best Act Ever" with the song "Never Gonna Give You Up", as a result of collective voting from thousands of Astley enthusiasts.