In 2008, Astley won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever with the song, as a result of collective voting from thousands of people on the Internet, due to the popular phenomenon of Rickrolling. Free, curated and guaranteed quality with ukulele chord diagrams, transposer and auto scroller. The music video for the song has become the basis for the "Rickrolling" Internet meme, leading the song to also be referred to as "The Rickroll Song". Ukulele chords and tabs for 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley. In 2004, "Never Gonna Give You Up" was voted number 28 in 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs. In 1990, Nick Lowe quoted from the song and called it "ghastly" in the lyrics to "All Men Are Liars", a song on his album Party of One. The song won Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards. It eventually topped the charts in 25 countries, including the United States and West Germany. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer's native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. Never Gonna Give You Up Chords by Rick Astley. The song was released as the first single from Astley's debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987). You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. It was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. PLEASE NOTE- This file is the authors own work and represents their interpretation of the song. Rick Astley / Never Gonna Give You Up (1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter Rick Astley, released as a single on 27 July 1987. Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley piano and flute notes, tabs, tablature, sheet music, chords Musician Supported Music Tabs: Español: English: Français: : Piano Tab, Chords.