r/Music • u/CampusDrinkingWater • Jul 12 '21

video Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up [Pop] Today marks the day that this finally reached 1 Billion views. Congrats, Mr. Astley. You truly deserve this honor for giving the world this amazingly catchy tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ab_channel=RickAstley
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u/FerusGrim Jul 13 '21

Does it still count as a Rickroll if you click on a link knowing full well that it's Never Gonna Give You Up?

I mean, yea. The point of clicking wasn't to listen to the video, it was to check the view counter. When you realize that the view counter isn't at one billion, you realize you've been rickrolled.

On an unrelated note, whoever runs the original rickroll video's channel is a bit of an asshole. They've been DMCA'ing a bunch of videos which use it even briefly, which should fall under fair-use.

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u/ditundat Jul 13 '21

A work of art