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Rick Astley

Rick Astley is a person from the UK, active since 1966.

Person GB since 1966 pop dance-pop blue-eyed soul
TOTAL PLAYS
2,323
SONGS PLAYED
96
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-05-24 13:54 · Radio 2 — "Never Gonna Give You Up"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Together Forever"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
400 300 200 100 0
'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 2,271 98%
Radio 1 29 1%
6 Music 12 1%
1Xtra 11 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Never Gonna Give You Up 563 2026-08-20
2 Together Forever 254 2026-08-26
3 Lights Out 113 2011-11-10
4 Forever & More 100 2024-01-12
5 Beautiful Life 99 2021-05-09
6 Never Gonna Stop 87 2026-02-07
7 Dippin' My Feet 87 2024-06-26
8 Keep Singing 86 2020-04-25
9 Dance 77 2018-11-13
10 Waiting On You 69 2026-03-22
11 Every One Of Us 65 2019-11-01
12 Angels On My Side 64 2018-12-28
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 14:56 Together Forever Radio 2
2026-08-20 17:56 Never Gonna Give You Up Radio 2
2026-08-18 23:18 Never Gonna Give You Up Radio 2
2026-08-17 03:27 Together Forever Radio 2
2026-08-09 21:49 Never Gonna Give You Up (Pianoforte) Radio 2
2026-08-09 11:53 Whenever You Need Somebody Radio 2
2026-08-08 12:48 Together Forever Radio 2
2026-08-07 15:56 Never Gonna Give You Up Radio 2
2026-08-07 09:03 Never Gonna Give You Up Radio 2
2026-08-02 07:27 Whenever You Need Somebody Radio 2
2026-07-31 05:32 Together Forever Radio 2
2026-07-27 17:25 Never Gonna Give You Up Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

96 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Angels On My Side — 64 ▶
Angels On My Side (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017) — 1 ▶
Angels On My Side (Radio 2 Session, 17 Oct 2018) — 2 ▶
Anywhere — 1 ▶
As It Was (Glastonbury 2023) — 9 ▶
Beautiful Life — 99 ▶
Better Together — 2 ▶
Budapest (Radio 2 Session 8th April 2016) — 1 ▶
Chance to Dance — 2 ▶
Cry For A Help (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017) — 1 ▶
Cry For Help — 25 ▶
Cry for Help (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Cry For Help (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 2 ▶
Dance — 77 ▶
Dance (feat. LI Singers) — 2 ▶
Dance (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Dance (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017) — 1 ▶
Dippin' My Feet — 87 ▶
Dippin' My Feet (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Dippin' My Feet (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Dog's Ballads - Rick Astley — 1 ▶
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Andrew Lloyd Webber Variations, Apr 2018) — 5 ▶
Drivin' Me Crazy — 27 ▶
Everlong (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 3 ▶
Everlong (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017) — 1 ▶
Every One Of Us — 65 ▶
Every One Of Us (feat. The Unsung Hero 2019 Winners) — 5 ▶
Every One Of Us (Live on TheZoe Ball Breakfast Show) — 1 ▶
Every One Of Us (Radio 2 Piano Room, 4 Dec 2019) — 1 ▶
Forever & More — 100 ▶
Forever and More — 1 ▶
Fragile (Radio 2 Piano Room, 4 Dec 2019) — 1 ▶
Giant — 3 ▶
Giant (The Great Ka-RY-oke Challenge) — 1 ▶
God Says — 9 ▶
Golden Hour — 2 ▶
Golden Slumbers / Carry The Weight / The End (Radio 2 Session, 27 Sep 2019) — 1 ▶
Here Comes The Sun (Radio 2 Session, 27 Sep 2019) — 1 ▶
High Enough — 2 ▶
Highway to Hell (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Hold Me In Your Arms — 5 ▶
I Like the Sun — 6 ▶
I Need the Light — 2 ▶
It Would Take A Strong Strong Man — 3 ▶
Keep Singing — 86 ▶
Keep Singing (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Keep Singing (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017) — 1 ▶
Let It Be Tonight — 5 ▶
Let It Rain — 6 ▶
Letting Go — 2 ▶
Lights Out — 113 ▶
Love this Christmas — 33 ▶
My Arms Keep Missing You — 14 ▶
never gnna give you up — 1 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up — 563 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (Glastonbury 2023) — 7 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (Glastonbury Festival, June 2023) — 1 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (Pianoforte version) — 1 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (Pianoforte) — 2 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (PIanoforté) (Radio 2 Piano Room, 4 Dec 2019) — 2 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 8 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017) — 6 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (Radio 2 Session, 20 JULY 2018) — 1 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up (The Great Ka-RY-oke Challenge) — 1 ▶
Never Gonna Give You Up <CLIP> — 3 ▶
Never Gonna Stop — 87 ▶
Never Gonna Stop (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Never Gunna Give You Up (DJ Teez Remix) — 4 ▶
Pray With Me — 48 ▶
Promises (Radio 2 Session, 17 Oct 2018) — 2 ▶
Promises (The Piano Room 2019 version) — 1 ▶
Raindrops — 38 ▶
She Makes Me — 52 ▶
She Wants To Dance With Me — 18 ▶
Shivers — 2 ▶
Shotgun (Radio 2 Session, 20 JULY 2018) — 1 ▶
Silent Night/ Mull of Kintyre (Radio 2 Session, 23 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Superman — 27 ▶
Take Me To Your Heart — 24 ▶
These Foolish Things — 2 ▶
This Old House — 34 ▶
Together Forever — 254 ▶
Together Forever (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Together Forever (Love's Leap Remix) — 1 ▶
Together Forever (Lover's Leap Remix) — 2 ▶
Together Forever (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 3 ▶
Together Forever (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2017) — 1 ▶
Try — 52 ▶
Try (Radio 2 Session, 17 Oct 2018) — 2 ▶
Waiting On You — 69 ▶
What The World Needs Know — 1 ▶
When I Fall in Love — 14 ▶
Whenever You Need Somebody — 41 ▶
Whenever You Need Somebody (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Whenever You Need Somebody / Good Times (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Wish Away — 33 ▶