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{{Infobox Musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox Single
| Name = Rick Astley
| Name = Interstate Love Song
| Img = Rick Astley-cropped.jpg
| Cover = Interstaestp.jpg
| Img_capt = Astley performing in [[Singapore]], August 2008
| Artist = [[Stone Temple Pilots]]
| Background = solo_singer
| from Album = [[Purple (album)|Purple]]
| Birth_name = Richard Paul Astley
| B-side = "Lounge Fly"
| Born = {{birth date and age|1966|2|6|}}
| Released = [[1994 in music|1994]]
| Format = [[CD single]], [[Gramophone record|vinyl]]
| Origin = [[Newton-le-Willows]], [[Merseyside]], [[England]]
| Instrument = [[Singing|vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
| Recorded = 1994
| Voice_type = [[Bass (vocal range)|Bass]]-[[baritone]]
| Genre = [[Grunge music|Grunge]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<br>[[Blue-eyed soul]]
| Length = 3:14
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]]
| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Years_active = 1985-present
| Producer = [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]]
| Label = [[Sony BMG]]
| Writer = Music: [[Robert DeLeo]]<br />Lyrics: [[Scott Weiland]]
| Last single = "[[Vasoline]]"<br />(1994)
| Associated_acts = [[FBI (disambiguation)|FBI]]<br />[[Stock Aitken Waterman]]
| URL = http://www.rickastley.co.uk/
| This single = "'''Interstate Love Song'''"<br />(1995)
| Notable_instruments =
| Next single = "[[Pretty Penny]]"<br />(1995)
{{Extra tracklisting
| Album = [[Purple (album)|Purple]]
| Type = studio
| prev_track = "Lounge Fly"
| prev_no = 3
| this_track = "'''Interstate Love Song'''"
| track_no = 4
| next_track = "Still Remains"
| next_no = 5
}}
}}
'''Richard Paul Astley''' (born [[February 6]], [[1966]]) is an [[England|English]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]] and [[musician]]. He was born in [[Newton-le-Willows]], [[Merseyside]], [[England]]. Astley has also lived in [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond]], in [[Surrey]] with his [[Danish people|Danish]] girlfriend, [[Lene Bausager]], and their daughter, Emilie.<ref>{{cite web | work=Manchester UK | title=Manchester Popular & Rock Music (11 of 11) | url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/popmusic11.html | last=Moss|first=John | accessdate=2007-07-01}}</ref>
|}}


==Career==
"'''Interstate Love Song'''" is a song by the [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Stone Temple Pilots]], from their second studio album ''[[Purple (album)|Purple]]'', released in 1994. The song, considered to be one of the band's biggest hits, hit number one on the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart on September 17, 1994. The song it replaced at number one was "[[Vasoline]]", also by Stone Temple Pilots. The song stayed at number one for 15 weeks, a record at the time.


In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a drummer with a [[soul music|soul]] band named FBI when he was noticed by the [[record producer]] [[Pete Waterman]] and persuaded him to come to [[London]] to work at the [[PWL]] recording studio. Under the tutelage of the production team of [[Mike Stock]], [[Matt Aitken]] and [[Pete Waterman]], known as [[Stock Aitken Waterman]], Astley was taught about the [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]] process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the [[recording studio]] '[[gofer|tea boy]]'.
==Background, recording and release==
Bassist [[Robert DeLeo]] brought in a song he had been working on when Stone Temple Pilots convened at Cole Rehearsal Studios in Hollywood, California in March 1992. His brother, guitarist [[Dean DeLeo]], said, "We were in Atlanta touring ''[[Core (album)|Core]]'', and Robert was playing around with the chords and the melody in a hotel room. I had a feeling about that song immediately." Robert DeLeo stated it was originally a [[bossa nova]] song when he began writing it. When he played it for singer [[Scott Weiland]], the vocalist started humming along and turned what was originally the melody for the song's intro into a chorus melody.<ref name="blender">"[http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1974 The Greatest Songs Ever! Interstate Love Song]". ''Blender''. September 2005. Retrieved on [[July 31]], [[2008]].</ref>


During much of his career, due to his deep [[bass-baritone]] voice, many listeners assumed he was [[black (people)|black]]. In one instance, the comedic entertainer [[Sinbad (actor)|Sinbad]] discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not "one of the brothers." In another, it was widely believed for years that he was the voice behind the chorus of [[Cathy Dennis]]' song "Just Another Dream", when in fact the true singer was an African-American disc jockey known as Dancin' Danny D. Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was [[mime artist|miming]] for a [[black American]] singer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rick Astley |work=ShakeTheTV.com |url=http://www.shakethetv.com/lyrics-videos-bio/Rick+Astley }}</ref> His brother [[Mike Astley]] helped to refute this assertion.
Stone Temple Pilots recorded the song during sessions for ''Purple'' at the Southern Tracks studio in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. Weiland was able to complete his vocals for the song in one or two takes.<ref name="blender" />


His first [[single (music)|single]] was the little-known "[[When You Gonna]]," released as a collaboration with [[Lisa Carter]], but his first solo offering was "[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]," released in 1987. It became an immediate success, spending five weeks at the top of the [[The Official UK Charts Company|British charts]] and becoming the year's highest-selling single. It was the first of 13 (worldwide) top 30 [[chart-topper|hit]] singles for him.
Upon its release as a single, "Interstate Love Song" reached number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart, where it stayed for fifteen weeks.<ref name="blender" /> The song also reached number two on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart and number 22 on the Top 400 Mainstream.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jpfuxqt5ld6e~T51 Stone Temple Pilots - Charts & Awards - Billboard singles]. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on [[August 6]], [[2008]].</ref>


The album ''[[Whenever You Need Somebody]]'' also reached [[Chart-topper|number one]] in the UK, and the hit singles continued, including the title track and a cover of [[Nat King Cole]]'s "[[When I Fall in Love]]."
==Composition==
The song features a memorable opening [[guitar riff]], containing a sound very reminiscent of the alternative music scene of the time. It also has a notably [[country-western]] or [[Southern rock]] feel to it, reflective of the "leaving on a Southern train" lyrics. The song also samples a riff from [[Jim Croce]]'s song "I Got a Name."


On [[12 March]] [[1988]], "[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]" also topped the [[Billboard charts|U.S. singles chart]] and was followed by a second U.S. #1 on [[18 June]] with his second U.S. single release, "[[Together Forever (Rick Astley song)|Together Forever]]." In 1989 he was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for Best New Artist of the Year. He lost to [[Tracy Chapman]].
According to Weiland, the song dealt lyrically with a number of themes, particularly "honesty, lack of honesty, my new relationship with [[heroin]]." At the time he was having relationship troubles with his girlfriend, as he was using heroin while recording ''Purple'' but told her he no longer was.<ref name="blender" />


[[Image:FBI with Astley.jpg|thumb|The group [[FBI (disambiguation)|FBI]], from left to right, Kevin Needham, Rick Astley, Will Hopper, Peter Dale, & Greg Smee, in 1984.]]
==Music video==

The music video, directed by [[Kevin Kerslake]], has a washed-out color effect throughout the majority of the video and features a long-nosed protagonist escaping from an unseen pursuer. A reason for this long nose could be that the protagonist lies like Pinnocio whom nose also grows when he lies. This is probably just to emphasize the lying that Weiland sings of in the video by making the protagonist nose longer. At the beginning of the video, an early [[1900s]] [[silent film]]-esque clip of the pursuer and protagonist is shown.
In late 1988, Astley released his second album, [[Hold Me in Your Arms (Rick Astley album)|Hold Me In Your Arms]]. While the album sold well in Europe, with all its 3 singles becoming top 10 hits in the UK, his success in the US waned, with only the first single, [[She Wants To Dance With Me]], making an impact, peaking at #6.

By the end of the decade, Astley had parted company with Stock Aitken Waterman. He achieved one more major success with the 1991 [[ballad]] "[[Cry for Help (song)|Cry for Help]]," which reached the [[Top 40|top 10]] in both the UK and the US. The song was taken from his third album, Free, which featured a move towards soul music, leaving his synth-pop days behind. The album was not as successful as his previous two.

In 1991 the [[RIAA]] certified that two million copies of ''[[Whenever You Need Somebody]]'' had been sold. Total world sales of Astley's records (including singles, albums and compilation inclusions) have since reached 39.9 million.

His next album, ''[[Body & Soul (Rick Astley album)|Body and Soul]]'', was released in 1993. The album did not chart in the UK but managed to make the [[Billboard 200]], peaking at #182. The two singles, "The Ones You Love" and "Hopelessly", performed very well on the adult contemporary chart, peaking at #19 and #4 respectively. "Hopelessly" also crossed over and peaked at #31 on the [[Top 40 Mainstream]] chart.

For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Astley remained largely out of the spotlight.

Almost 10 years after ''[[Body & Soul (Rick Astley album)|Body and Soul]]'', Astley finally returned to the music world and released "[[Keep It Turned On]]" in 2002. The album featured the single "[[Sleeping (song)|Sleeping]]", which became a minor club hit, thanks to a set of remixes from U.S. house producer Todd Terry.

In March, 2005, Astley released the album ''[[Portrait (Rick Astley album)|Portrait]]'' in which he [[cover version|covered]] many classic standards such as "[[Vincent (song)|Vincent]],"<ref>{{cite web |format=video |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfTJuU3frA&feature=related |last=Astley|first=Rick |title=Vincent (Live) |publisher=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> "[[Nature Boy (song)|Nature Boy]]" and "[[They Long to Be) Close to You|Close to You]]".

In early 2006, Astley withdrew unexpectedly at the [[The eleventh hour|eleventh hour]] from appearing on the [[BBC TV]] celebrity/pro duets show ''[[Just the Two of Us (series)|Just the Two of Us]]'' after committing to do so. This led to criticism from those in the entertainment industry and media. His place was filled by singer [[Russell Watson]], who eventually won the competition. The BBC failed to explain that Astley's withdrawal was due to his girlfriend [[Lene Bausager]] being nominated for the 2006 [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Live Action Short Film|Best Live Action Short Film]] for the [[Sean Ellis]] film ''[[Cashback (film)|Cashback]]'', where she was the main producer. Astley would have missed a crucial part of the show by attending the awards ceremony and so withdrew before the show began.<ref>[http://www.digitalhit.com/galleries/22/1/29 Photo 29 Lene Bausager and Rick Astley | 78th Annual Academy Awards<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

[[Image:Rick Astley2.jpg|thumb|Astley at a festival in Singapore]]

Based on various music charts in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[United States|US]] and [[Canada]], Astley has charted a grand total of 14 different hit singles and 6 different hit albums, as of March 2006. In April 2008, the album "The Ultimate Collection: Rick Astley" was released by Sony BMG and by early May it had reached #17 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7383141.stm BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Madonna celebrates chart double<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In September 2008 Rick was nominated for the 'Best Act Ever' award at the [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7646807.stm</ref>
In 2008, Astley was a headliner act at the [[Northampton Balloon Festival]].

==Rickroll internet phenomenon==
{{main|Rickrolling|Never Gonna Give You Up}}
In 2007<!--EDITORS PLEASE READ. THE RICKROLL INTERNET MEME BEGAN IN 2007, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE DATE TO 2008 BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ACCURATE.--><ref name="Date">{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/trends?q=rick+astley%2C+rickroll%2C+rick+roll%2C+never+gonna+give+you+up&ctab=0&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0|title=Rick Roll related Google Trends|publisher=[[Google]]|work=[[Google Trends]]|accessdate=2008-04-04}}</ref> Rick Astley became the subject of a [[viral phenomenon|viral]] [[Internet meme]] in which an estimated 25 million<!-- Updated numbers: 6,555,869 + 7,572,975 + 10,804,832 = 24,933,676 (source: YouTube)--> Internet users were tricked into watching Rick Astley's video "Never Gonna Give You Up" by posting it under the name of other popular video titles.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Savage |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Rickrolling and the league of web fame |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7325280.stm |publisher=[[BBC]] |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2008-04-01 |accessdate=2008-04-02 }}</ref> The practice is now known as [[Rickroll]]ing. The phenomenon became so popular that on [[April Fools' Day|April 1, 2008]], [[YouTube]] pranked its users by making every single featured video on the front page a Rickroll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/31/youtube-rickrolls-users/|title=YouTube RickRolls Users|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|accessdate=2008-06-01}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|Rick Astley discography}}
Canada Top data: for singles and albums from The Record magazine. US Top data: for singles from [[Billboard magazine|The Billboard Hot 100]], for albums from [[Billboard magazine|The Billboard 200]]; UK Top data for singles and albums is from [[UK Singles Chart]].

==See also==
{{commons}}
{{wikiquote|Rick Astley}}
*[[List of number-one hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart]]
*[[Rickrolling]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
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*[http://www.rickastley.co.uk/ Official Rick Astley website]
*{{youtube|pWhLQSegi3A|"Interstate Love Song" music video}}
*[http://www.myspace.com/rickastley Official Rick Astley MySpace]
*[http://www.youtube.com/RickAstleytv Official Rick Astley YouTube channel]


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Rick Astley

Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England. Astley has also lived in Richmond, in Surrey with his Danish girlfriend, Lene Bausager, and their daughter, Emilie.[1]

Career

In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a drummer with a soul band named FBI when he was noticed by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded him to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of the production team of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, known as Stock Aitken Waterman, Astley was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the recording studio 'tea boy'.

During much of his career, due to his deep bass-baritone voice, many listeners assumed he was black. In one instance, the comedic entertainer Sinbad discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not "one of the brothers." In another, it was widely believed for years that he was the voice behind the chorus of Cathy Dennis' song "Just Another Dream", when in fact the true singer was an African-American disc jockey known as Dancin' Danny D. Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was miming for a black American singer.[2] His brother Mike Astley helped to refute this assertion.

His first single was the little-known "When You Gonna," released as a collaboration with Lisa Carter, but his first solo offering was "Never Gonna Give You Up," released in 1987. It became an immediate success, spending five weeks at the top of the British charts and becoming the year's highest-selling single. It was the first of 13 (worldwide) top 30 hit singles for him.

The album Whenever You Need Somebody also reached number one in the UK, and the hit singles continued, including the title track and a cover of Nat King Cole's "When I Fall in Love."

On 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" also topped the U.S. singles chart and was followed by a second U.S. #1 on 18 June with his second U.S. single release, "Together Forever." In 1989 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist of the Year. He lost to Tracy Chapman.

File:FBI with Astley.jpg
The group FBI, from left to right, Kevin Needham, Rick Astley, Will Hopper, Peter Dale, & Greg Smee, in 1984.

In late 1988, Astley released his second album, Hold Me In Your Arms. While the album sold well in Europe, with all its 3 singles becoming top 10 hits in the UK, his success in the US waned, with only the first single, She Wants To Dance With Me, making an impact, peaking at #6.

By the end of the decade, Astley had parted company with Stock Aitken Waterman. He achieved one more major success with the 1991 ballad "Cry for Help," which reached the top 10 in both the UK and the US. The song was taken from his third album, Free, which featured a move towards soul music, leaving his synth-pop days behind. The album was not as successful as his previous two.

In 1991 the RIAA certified that two million copies of Whenever You Need Somebody had been sold. Total world sales of Astley's records (including singles, albums and compilation inclusions) have since reached 39.9 million.

His next album, Body and Soul, was released in 1993. The album did not chart in the UK but managed to make the Billboard 200, peaking at #182. The two singles, "The Ones You Love" and "Hopelessly", performed very well on the adult contemporary chart, peaking at #19 and #4 respectively. "Hopelessly" also crossed over and peaked at #31 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart.

For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Astley remained largely out of the spotlight.

Almost 10 years after Body and Soul, Astley finally returned to the music world and released "Keep It Turned On" in 2002. The album featured the single "Sleeping", which became a minor club hit, thanks to a set of remixes from U.S. house producer Todd Terry.

In March, 2005, Astley released the album Portrait in which he covered many classic standards such as "Vincent,"[3] "Nature Boy" and "Close to You".

In early 2006, Astley withdrew unexpectedly at the eleventh hour from appearing on the BBC TV celebrity/pro duets show Just the Two of Us after committing to do so. This led to criticism from those in the entertainment industry and media. His place was filled by singer Russell Watson, who eventually won the competition. The BBC failed to explain that Astley's withdrawal was due to his girlfriend Lene Bausager being nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the Sean Ellis film Cashback, where she was the main producer. Astley would have missed a crucial part of the show by attending the awards ceremony and so withdrew before the show began.[4]

Astley at a festival in Singapore

Based on various music charts in the UK, US and Canada, Astley has charted a grand total of 14 different hit singles and 6 different hit albums, as of March 2006. In April 2008, the album "The Ultimate Collection: Rick Astley" was released by Sony BMG and by early May it had reached #17 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart. [5]

In September 2008 Rick was nominated for the 'Best Act Ever' award at the MTV Europe Music Awards[6] In 2008, Astley was a headliner act at the Northampton Balloon Festival.

Rickroll internet phenomenon

Main articles: Rickrolling and Never Gonna Give You Up

In 2007[7] Rick Astley became the subject of a viral Internet meme in which an estimated 25 million Internet users were tricked into watching Rick Astley's video "Never Gonna Give You Up" by posting it under the name of other popular video titles.[8] The practice is now known as Rickrolling. The phenomenon became so popular that on April 1, 2008, YouTube pranked its users by making every single featured video on the front page a Rickroll.[9]

Discography

Main article: Rick Astley discography

Canada Top data: for singles and albums from The Record magazine. US Top data: for singles from The Billboard Hot 100, for albums from The Billboard 200; UK Top data for singles and albums is from UK Singles Chart.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rick Astley.
Wikiquote has quotations related to Rick Astley.

References

  1. ^ Moss, John. "Manchester Popular & Rock Music (11 of 11)". Manchester UK. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  2. ^ "Rick Astley". ShakeTheTV.com.
  3. ^ Astley, Rick. "Vincent (Live)" (video). YouTube.
  4. ^ Photo 29 Lene Bausager and Rick Astley | 78th Annual Academy Awards
  5. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Madonna celebrates chart double
  6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7646807.stm
  7. ^ "Rick Roll related Google Trends". Google Trends. Google. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  8. ^ Savage, Mark (2008-04-01). "Rickrolling and the league of web fame". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-04-02. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ "YouTube RickRolls Users". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2008-06-01.

External links

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