Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give You Up Meaning
Song Released: 1987
Never Gonna Give You Up Lyrics
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never...
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#1 top rated interpretation:I always felt as though it meant two people were in love and both knew it, but never acted upon it.
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#2 top rated interpretation:This song represents two of Marcia's identity stages. The first stage that can be interpreted from this song is Moratorium. Rick says they've known each other for so long and that she's to shy to admit her heart is breaking. This means they're in the stages of searching for identity. The other identity stage is Identity Achievement. Rick KNOWS he'll never give you up or let you down. He knows his values and has a strong sense of self.
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#3 top rated interpretation:This song was written by the British production team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman. It was inspired by a woman Pete Waterman had been seeing for 3 years. Rick Astley was staying with Waterman at the time, and after a 3-hour phone call with the woman, Astley said, "You're never gonna give her up." Aitken and Waterman then changed the story a bit and made him the one who was vulnerable.
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I like to prank people so I use this song
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We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta, 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
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
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
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
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
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
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta, 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
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
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 -
This song doesn't need interpretation. It was created by the living legend. Everyone should know about it
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Rick is a father figure and he is saying that he is always there for you and you can share your worries and insecurities and problems with him.
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Lyric interpretation of this song. Guy and girl are best friends or close friends. Both experienced being in a relationship. The girl is brokenhearted from a previous relationship. The guy has feelings for this girl and wants to have a committed relationship with her. He will never gonna give her up and is telling her the reasons that he will be there through thick and thin. He will always be true to her. For the recent comment, sorry to hear about your wife. You are still fortunate to have been married to her for 23 years. Be strong Sir.
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23 years ago I proposed to my wife while playing this song, it was her favorite. She knew all the lyrics by heart, she is the most beautiful woman that I have ever encountered. Alas, 4 years ago she passed away from a severe cancerous tumor that has developed in her head. Making it terribly hard for her to live. I had to take care of her for so long and this song never failed to make her smile and sing along. Because she is no stranger to love, she knows the rules and so do I. A full commitment is what I'm thinking of, she wouldn't have gotten this from any other guy. I just wanted to tell her how I'm feeling, to make her understand. I'm never gonna give her up, never gonna let her down. I'm never gonna run around and desert her, never gonna make her cry, but I had to say goodbye.
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i think it is about someone who loves ether a wife,kid or girl/boyfriend and never want to leave them.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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I think it's about love.
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This song is about a person and another person who dont want to leave each other, so they dont until he gets married and has kids. The end Happily ever after
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It's one of those terrible songs that get stuck in your head forever. That said, it's fun if you don't take it seriously. I mean that's what getting rickrolled is all about. Showofhands, I think you give a bit too much credit to the /b/tards out there. They didn't make Rick Astley, he was a legitimate one-hit-wonder in his day. He was famous for that one moment in time so it's not like /b/ created his fame out of nothing. I would say it's been more just revived and kept for its camp value.
I'm gonna take a shot at the meaning though: A guy's talking to a girl, and he wants to let her know that he's never gonna give her up, let her down, run around, or desert her. I don't think he'd make her cry, say goodbye, tell a lie, or hurt her either.
Whew, real tough one. Gotta dig real deep to get the meaning.
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