Hopelessly

"Hopelessly" is a song performed by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley and written by Rob Fisher and Astley. It was produced by Gary Stevenson and Astley. The song was recorded for Astley's fourth album, Body & Soul (1993). It was released as a single in 1993 by RCA Records. The single peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart, number 28 in the United States, and number eight in Canada.

B-side

• "When I Fall in Love"
• "Hold Me in Your Arms"
• "Whenever You Need Somebody"
• "Never Gonna Give You Up"
• "Together Forever"
• "She Wants to Dance with Me"

ReleasedAugust 1993

Length3:35

LabelRCA

Quick facts Single by Rick Astley, from the album Body & Soul ...

"Hopelessly"
Single by Rick Astley
from the album Body & Soul
B-side	"When I Fall in Love" "Hold Me in Your Arms" "Whenever You Need Somebody" "Never Gonna Give You Up" "Together Forever" "She Wants to Dance with Me"
Released	August 1993
Length	3:35
Label	RCA
Songwriters	Rick Astley Rob Fisher
Producers	Gary Stevenson Rick Astley
Rick Astley singles chronology
"Never Knew Love" (1991) "Hopelessly" (1993) "The Ones You Love" (1993)
Music video
"Hopelessly" on YouTube

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The song had originally been intended to feature in the 1993 film Body of Evidence, starring Madonna and Willem Dafoe and was going to make up part of the soundtrack for the film and the subsequent album that followed was planed around the film; however, it was decided last minute by the film's production team that there were not going to be any songs in the film, just an orchestral backing. Astley later said that the decision by the film's production team "changed everything. Suddenly, the record label was stuck with an album that no one really wanted, that hadn't really been A&R'd and that no longer had a reason to exist. What were they going to do?"^[1]