
Rickrolling propels Rick Astley to 1 billion YouTube views and counting
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Astley's 1987 song hit YouTube on October 25, 2009, and reached the milestone on July 29, 2021.
Rickrolling is an Internet prank that started around 2007 when someone sends a person a link and instead of the advertised video, it redirects to Astley singing, "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you." The 55-year-old singer reacted to the news on Instagram last month. "That is mind-blowing. The world is a wonderful and beautiful place and I am very lucky," he said in a video.More Related News