In a couple of weeks, about 13 million people had been Rickrolled into watching Astley's video, the BBC reported on April 1, 2008.
Astley has also been Rickrolled many times by his friends and family.
Rock of Ages
Five million
Rickroll votes saw Never Gonna Give You Up adopted as The New York Mets' anthem for their next six games.
Unlikely lad Rick pops up all over the web
Just like that, the app designed to host six-second video loops was home to a never-ending
RickRoll.
Vine Gets RickRolled: 16-Year-Old Developer Hacks App To Upload Full Rick Astley Music Video
RICK ASTLEY Catch the 80s icon and star of a million
Rickrolls at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh.
7 NIGHTS; GOING OUT OR STAYING IN? TOP TIPS TO FILL YOUR DIARY
According to the Anonymous, its upcoming action is to spam verified ISIS hashtags with
rickrolls".
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I could try to be more specific about the reasons behind the resurgence of Never Gonna Give You Up but, in all honesty, I really don't understand them, and if you are reading this column there is a fair chance you wouldn't understand them either, even if I "
rickrolled" you (if that is the right phrase - it won't be, more shame will be heaped on me) into thinking I do.
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MTV's Richard Godfrey said of the unlikely name up against acts including U2 and Britney Spears: "The audience has spoken and MTV has been well and truly
Rickrolled."
RICK'N'ROLL MTV; MUSIC
"I appreciate everyone who voted for me, but I also feel for all the artists and MTV who probably got
Rickrolled on the night."
MTV Europe Music Awards
Richard Godfrey, executive producer for the MTV Europe Music Awards, said: "The audience has spoken and MTV has been '
Rickrolled'.
Craze brings eighties icon to MTV awards; Rick Astley is a surprise nomination at this year's MTV awards thanks to online craze RickRolling
"All my friends have sent links to me, but no-one's ever properly
Rickrolled me.
I still get a tingle from singing; His face used to adorn many a teenage girl's bedroom, but these days - as Emma Pinch discovers - Rick Astley prefers to live life anonymously