DEF: Rick Astley “Giving Up on Love”

Lancashire, England-born singer Rick Astley hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with each of his first four charting singles. While the song that broke the streak, “Giving Up on Love,” didn’t reach the Top 10, it did squeeze into the Top 40 for a week when on this date in 1989 it rose to a peak position of number 38. “Giving Up on Love” by Rick Astley is today’s Daily Eighties Flashback.