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'''"Never Gonna Give You Up"''' was a song by [[Rick Astley]]. [[Peter Tyler]] once had it on his [[car]] [[radio]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Father's Day]]'')
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"'''Never Gonna Give You Up'''" was a [[song]] by [[Rick Astley (in-universe)|Rick Astley]]. The song was a number one hit in [[1987]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}})
 
== History ==
The song played on [[Pete Tyler]]'s [[car]] [[radio]] on his way to [[church]] for [[Stuart Hoskins]] and [[Sarah Clark]]'s [[Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark's wedding|wedding]] on [[7 November]] 1987. [[Rose Tyler]], in the car with him, was confused when the song turned into [[Don't Mug Yourself|anachronistic hip-hop music]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Father's Day (TV story)}})
 
== Lyrics ==
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<poem>I just want to tell you how I'm feeling
Got to make you understand
 
Never gonna 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
 
We've known each other for so long
Your [[heart]]'s been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on...</poem>
 
== Behind the scenes ==
{{video|Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)|thumb|Official music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up".}}
The inserting of the [[Rick Astley]] recording of "Never Gonna Give You Up" into TV shows and YouTube videos as a practical joke is known as "Rickrolling". This practice did not begin, however, until two years after ''Father's Day'' was first broadcast.
 
In {{cs|"The Noodle Incident": Brand-New "The Noodle Man" Series Launches with Exclusive Arcbeatle Press Crossover Serial on April 1st (short story)}}, when the link is provided to [[preorder]] ''[[Book 1: A Really Incredible Character’s Kaleidoscopically Reimagined, Out-there Lasagna Life]]'', the link instead leads to the [[YouTube]] release of "Never Gonna Give You Up".


[[Category:Songs from the real world]]
[[Category:Songs from the real world]]

Latest revision as of 15:15, 29 October 2024

Never Gonna Give You Up

"Never Gonna Give You Up" was a song by Rick Astley. The song was a number one hit in 1987. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

The song played on Pete Tyler's car radio on his way to church for Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark's wedding on 7 November 1987. Rose Tyler, in the car with him, was confused when the song turned into anachronistic hip-hop music. (TV: Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"])

Lyrics[[edit] | [edit source]]

I just want to tell you how I'm feeling
Got to make you understand

Never gonna 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

We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on...

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up".

The inserting of the Rick Astley recording of "Never Gonna Give You Up" into TV shows and YouTube videos as a practical joke is known as "Rickrolling". This practice did not begin, however, until two years after Father's Day was first broadcast.

In "The Noodle Incident": Brand-New "The Noodle Man" Series Launches with Exclusive Arcbeatle Press Crossover Serial on April 1st [+]Loading...["\"The Noodle Incident\": Brand-New \"The Noodle Man\" Series Launches with Exclusive Arcbeatle Press Crossover Serial on April 1st (short story)"], when the link is provided to preorder Book 1: A Really Incredible Character’s Kaleidoscopically Reimagined, Out-there Lasagna Life, the link instead leads to the YouTube release of "Never Gonna Give You Up".