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 dance producers, called The Rickrollerz made a house music cover version of "Never Gonna Give You Up" on that day, and in honor of that event.
The song was remixed on the same day and in the same studio where the original recording took place 20 years earlier.
In May 2008, the track entered the UK Club Charts at number 22.

Track listings

7" single

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" – 3:33
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) – 3:30

12" maxi

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (cake mix)  – 5:46
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) – 6:19
3. "Never Gonna Give You Up" – 3:33
4. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape to New York mix)  – 7:01
5. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape from Newton mix)  – 6:23

12" maxi

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (cake mix) – 5:48
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (instrumental) – 3:30
3. "Never Gonna Give You Up" – 3:33

12" single

1. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape from Newton mix)  – 6:30
2. "Never Gonna Give You Up" (escape to New York mix)  – 7:00

Personnel

• Written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
• Engineer : Mark McGuire, Mike Duffy
• Mixed by :
  • Escape from Newton mix : Mixmaster Pete Hammond
  • Escape to New York mix : The Extra Beat Boys

Peak positions

Chart (1987/88)	Peak position
Australian Music Report Singles Chart Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...	1
Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	4
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	1
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	1
French SNEP Singles Chart	6
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	1
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	2
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Norwegian VG-lista VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...  Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	1
Swiss Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs	1

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	73

Year-end charts

End of year chart (1987)	Position
Dutch Top 40	6
German Singles Chart	14
Swiss Singles Chart	20
UK Singles Chart	1
End of year chart (1988)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	8
US Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	8

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Canada	Gold		50,000
France	Silver		200,000
Germany	Gold		250,000
Netherlands	Platinum		60,000
Sweden	Gold		10,000
UK	Gold		500,000
U.S.	Gold		500,000

Successions