Gotta make you understand. A full commitment's what I'm thinking of. Gotta dig real deep to get the meaning. Never gonna give you up. "Never gonna run around and desert you". Never gonna give you up No matter how you treat me Never gonna give you up So don't you think of leavin' Girl, you treat me bad and I know why I've seen you runnin' around with another guy And you think if you hurt me, that I'll go away But, I've made up my mind You know I'm, I'm here to stay Never gonna give you up No matter how you treat me Never gonna give you up So don't you think of leavin' Baby, don't … I don't think he'd make her cry, say goodbye, tell a lie, or hurt her either. We're no strangers to love.
"If you really want to say to the world, 'That was a proper hit,' you've got to have a hit in America," he said. You wouldn't get this from any other guy. Whew, real tough one. Astley takes pride in his Stateside success. I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling. "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down". You know the rules and so do I. This shouldn't be taken literally; the singer just means he intends to never leave the love interest.
I'm gonna take a shot at the meaning though: A guy's talking to a girl, and he wants to let her know that he's never gonna give her up, let her down, run around, or desert her. "Never Gonna Give You Up" climbed to #1 in March; "Together Forever" reached the top spot in June. Pretty straightforward, if you know that the "you" in this song refers to the love interest.