# Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)

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This is the official music video for Rick Astley's 1987 pop song "Never Gonna Give You Up." There's no spoken content: the transcript is just the song from start to finish. It's a love song in which the singer promises he'll stay loyal. It's also widely known as the "Rickroll," an internet prank where someone tricks you into opening a link that turns out to be this video.

- **0:01-0:17** — **Instrumental intro.** The upbeat drums and synths come first, with no vocals. This opening is what most people recognize when they've been Rickrolled, so it's often the only part they hear before clicking away.
- **0:18-0:34** — **First verse.** The singer tells someone he already knows that he's serious about the relationship. He presents himself as fully committed and says no one else would offer the same. This sets up the song's central idea: a promise that he means what he says.
- **0:35-0:42** — **Pre-chorus.** He says he wants to make his feelings clear and be understood. The section builds energy and leads straight into the hook.
- **0:43-0:59** — **First chorus.** He lists the things he'll never do: leave, let the person down, be unfaithful, make them cry, say goodbye, or lie. This list of "never" vows is the song's main hook and the source of the meme's catchphrase.
- **1:00-1:16** — **Second verse.** The focus moves to the history the two share. He says the other person has feelings they're too shy to admit, and that both of them already know what's going on between them. The song shifts from a pitch to an unspoken understanding.
- **1:17-1:24** — **Second pre-chorus.** He pushes the other person to stop pretending they don't see what's happening, which raises the emotional stakes before the chorus returns.
- **1:25-1:58** — **Double chorus.** The full list of promises is sung twice in a row. The repetition makes the vow sound even more certain and fixes the hook in the listener's memory.
- **1:59-2:15** — **Bridge.** Backing vocals repeat fragments of the title phrase in a call-and-response pattern. This short break in the structure keeps the song from going flat before the final section.
- **2:16-2:40** — **Repeat of the second verse and pre-chorus.** The lines about shared history and unspoken feelings return, followed by the opening pre-chorus again. No new lyrics appear here; it just brings things back for the finale.
- **2:41-3:27** — **Final choruses.** The chorus is repeated three times to the end of the transcript, with no new lyrics. The video ends on the same promises, so this last part is the climax and a fade-out on the hook rather than new content.

**Practical takeaways:**
- If you were sent this link unexpectedly, you've been Rickrolled. The video has no hidden information or instructions.
- As a song, it's a textbook late-80s pop structure: verse, pre-chorus, chorus, then a short bridge and a run of repeated choruses.
- Its whole message is that the singer promises to stay loyal and honest. There's no twist and no story beyond that.
- It works as nostalgic background music, but it isn't something you'll learn from.

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