Rick Astley says the instant success of Never Gonna Give You Up has “overshadowed everything” in his life.
And the star has revealed that, at the height of his fame, the tedious nature of the pop business saw him “just want to kill someone”. Astley, 58, famously packed in his music career for seven years in 1994 – despite obtaining global fame – and says he did so because by that time he ‘hated’ the industry.
His most iconic single rose to the top of the charts in more than two dozen countries and saw Astley take home the 1988 Brit for Best British Single. And despite landing seven Top 10 albums and eight Top 10 singles, the Warrington-born star says Never Gonna Give You Up has ‘dwarfed’ everything else.
The pop legend told the Off Menu podcast: “It’s got this place in my life that just totally dwarfs everything else, really. It is a weird thing to, not even admit that because I can admit it easily, but just to own it; that you’ve got this song, I don’t want to be negative because it’s been amazing, but it’s just overshadowed everything.”
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Astley has enjoyed a resurgence during recent years and performed two sets at Glastonbury last year – leading to him deciding to pen an autobiography looking back on his career.
But the 58 year old has revealed he was more than happy to walk away from fame after the birth of his first daughter – and says by that point he ‘hated’ the music industry.
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He revealed: “I packed it all in (in) my late 20s – our daughter had been born and, I don’t know, I hated the music business. It’s a bit strong but I kind of hated the music business really because it’s a freaking business.
“I used to go to do a TV show in whatever country and it would usually be a different country every day for months on end. On the one hand that sounds exciting and you can fool yourself and pretend it is and you can smile in a Smash Hits photograph for so long before you just want to kill someone.”
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