"So who would've believed after all these years 'Never Gonna Give You Up' has had a billion streams on Spotify. That's a ...

A funny joke, but not that funny. Cotter swapped it out for a link to Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” on YouTube, and the meme caught fire. Views grew exponentially. The joke kept on going.

it remains the meme that keeps on meme-ing. Rick Astley's 1987 chart-topper "Never Gonna Give You Up" is so ingrained in our collective consciousness that when Melania Trump uttered the words "He ...