Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley Song Details

On November 12, 1987, the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" was released by Rick Astley. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:33, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. This song is part of Whenever You Need Somebody by Rick Astley. The song's track number on the album is #1 out of 10 tracks. Based on our data, United Kingdom was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, Never Gonna Give You Up is currently pretty popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

Since Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley has a tempo of 113 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Moderato (at a moderate speed). With Never Gonna Give You Up being at 113 BPM, the half-time would be 56 BPM with a double-time of 226 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty moderate for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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