To appear in the ACM SIGGRAPH conference proceedings
Never Gonna Give You Up:
Toward a Never Gonna Let You Down
Rick Astley1
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The 80s
David E. Jacobs2
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Jongmin Baek2
Stanford University
Andrew Adams1,2
Figure 1: We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules, and so do I (left and middle, respectively.) A full commitment’s what I’m thinking
of–you wouldn’t get this from any other guy (right.)
Abstract
Ooh ooh. We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules, and so do
I. A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of– You wouldn’t get this
from any other guy. I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling; Gotta
make you understand.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
CR Categories: I.13.2 [Never]: Gonna—Give You Up I.13.3
[Never]: Gonna—Let You Down
Keywords: never gonna, I lost the game, ameliorate
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Never Gonna Give You Up
Figure 2: I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling; gotta make you
understand.
We’ve known each other for so long. Your heart’s been aching but,
you’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been going on.
We know the game and we’re gonna play it. And if you ask me how
I’m feeling, don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.
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Never Gonna Run Around and Desert You
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
We’ve know each other for so long, Your heart’s been aching but,
You’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been going
on. We know the game and we’re gonna play it. I just wanna tell
you how I’m feeling; Gotta make you understand.
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Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Never Gonna Let You Down
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Ooh, give you up. Ooh, give you up. Ooh. Never gonna give–never
gonna give. (Give you up.) Ooh. Never gonna give, never gonna
give. Give you up.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
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Never Gonna Say Goodbye
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Ooh, give you up. Ooh, give you up. Ooh. Never gonna give–never
gonna give. (Give you up.) Ooh. Never gonna give, never gonna
give. Give you up.
We’ve know each other for so long, Your heart’s been aching but,
You’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been going
on. We know the game and we’re gonna play it. I just wanna tell
you how I’m feeling; Gotta make you understand.
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Never Gonna Tell a Lie and Hurt You
Figure 3: We’ve known each other for so long. Your heart’s been
aching but, you’re too shy to say it.
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Never Gonna Make You Cry
Ooh ooh. We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules, and so do
I. A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of– You wouldn’t get this
from any other guy. I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling; Gotta
make you understand.
Figure 5: Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down.
Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you
cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Acknowledgements
Figure 4: Inside we both know what’s been going on. We know the
game and we’re gonna play it. And if you ask me how I’m feeling,
don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.
The authors would like to thank James McCann for thoughtful comments and support throughout the development of this paper. We
would also like to thank Abe Davis for being a good sport and actually reading until the end of this paper. No more Rick Rolls will
come from Jim–You can trust him.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
We’ve known each other for so long. Your heart’s been aching but,
you’re too shy to say it. Inside we both know what’s been going on.
We know the game and we’re gonna play it. And if you ask me how
I’m feeling, don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna
run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never
gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
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