auditory discourse

When the Mets decided to pick a new theme song to be played during the 8th inning of their games, the team’s marketing department decided to let fans vote for their favorite tune.And while choices included classics like Jon Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” and Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” it was Astley’s song that racked in the most votes.

Millions, in fact.

“Rick Astley’s song was voted No. 1,” said Jay Horowitz, a spokesperson for the Mets. “There were over five million votes for the song.”

Read the full article here. See the fucking hilarious video here.

This is probably one of the biggest things I’ve ever been apart of. Yes, friends, I was one of the 5 million votes. I like to think of myself as being the deciding vote. Either way, the fact that it worked and all those people were rickroll’d is hilarious to me.