Rick Astley

Released: July 20, 2018

Songwriter: Rick Astley

Producer: Rick Astley

[Verse 1]
What do you know?
What do you feel?
What do you give?
When your heart is empty
What do you see?
Nothing is real
How can you live?
When your heart is empty

[Pre-Chorus]
And the grass seems greener over there
But people stop, they stop and stare at you
Or look right through
And what you'd give for just one night
To show them all you got some fight in you
The fight's still in you

[Chorus]
Let's go back to the beginning
Let's go back to when we were winning
Is there a chance, a chance to start over?
'Cause I got to believe that you and me
Can go back to the start and fill your empty heart
'Cause I got to believe that you and me
Yeah, you and me can go back to the start
And fill your empty heart

[Verse 2]
I gave you love, I gave you blood
I gave it all
But your heart is empty

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round and round we go
Hoping for a chance to join the show
Will you let me know?
What I'd give for just one night
To show them all I got some fight in me
The fight's still in me

[Chorus]
Let's go back to the beginning
Let's go back to when we were winning
Is there a chance, a chance to start over?
'Cause I got to believe that you and me
Can go back to the start and fill your empty heart
'Cause I got to believe that you and me
Yeah, you and me can go back to the start
And fill your empty heart

[Bridge]
So what do I give?
And what do you get?
I don't think that love is dead just yet
I'm holding on, I'm hanging on
I know that I can be so strong for you
Yeah, you

[Chorus]
Let's go back to the beginning
Let's go back to when we were winning
Is there a chance, a chance to start over?
'Cause I got to believe that you and me
Can go back to the start and fill my empty heart
Ay yeah, fill this empty heart, mmm
'Cause I got to believe, I got to believe
Can go back to the start
And fill my empty heart

Richard Paul Astley is a British entertainer, most known for his 1987 sensation “Never Gonna Give You Up” which was the subject of rick-rolling. He recieved a Brit Award for Best Single in 1988 for his hit and a “Best Act Ever” Award at the 2008 MTV EMAs upon its re-emergence into popularity.

Born in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire on February 6, 1966, Astley’s first taste of music came at the age of 10 and he became known as a drummer throughout school before dropping out at age 16. He played for a local live act entitled “FBI” (with future Conservative Party politician David Morris as guitarist) that gained popularity around London. Astley, a huge admirer of Nat King Cole soon moved to lead vocalist by the time the group garnered the interest of Pete Waterman, a record executive and 1/3 of the Scott-Aitken-Waterman production trio. Waterman hired a 19 year-old Astley as a gofer (assistant) and Morris as a songwriter at his PWL (Pete Waterman, Limited) Studios. He used this time to pull Astley out of his ‘shyness’ and secured them both a contract with RCA Records.

“When You Gonna” with fellow PWL protégé Lisa Carter was his debut release, but it found little success and received no promotion; it was Lisa’s only official output. His first solo release, “Never Gonna Give You Up”, was dropped on July 28, 1987, and turned Astley into an international star. It topped 24 different charts and moved nearly 2 Million copies. Astley’s debut album Whenever You Need Somebody found similar success – it collected Gold or Platinum certifications in 10 different regions, including Platinum 4x in the United Kingdom.

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