Rick Astley marks 30th anniversary of his best known song with the ultimate tweet

He said "never", guys.
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Sam Haysom
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Rick Astley wants you to know that he's never going to give you up.

Not ever.

Thursday was the 30-year anniversary of everyone's favourite 80s song and internet meme, "Never Gonna Give You Up".

Astley decided to celebrate it with a very special tweet:

No prizes for guessing what the media attached to that tweet was.

Yep: he rickrolled us.

And it was beautiful.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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