Don't Stop (Billy Idol EP)

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Don't Stop
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EP by
Billy Idol
Released24 October 1981
Recorded
GenreDance-rock[2]
Length16:44
LabelChrysalis
F2 21729 / DIDX 5224
ProducerKeith Forsey
Billy Idol chronology
Don't Stop
(1981) 		Billy Idol
(1982)
Singles from Don't Stop
  1. "Dancing with Myself"
    Released: 1981
  2. "Mony Mony"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]
Robert ChristgauB[4]

Don't Stop is Billy Idol's first solo record. Released in the US in 1981, it contains a version of Tommy James and the Shondells' UK #1 "Mony Mony," that would become a later hit for him as a live version in 1987.

It also contains the song "Dancing with Myself", which had previously been a commercially unsuccessful single release for Idol's former band Gen X in the United Kingdom in 1980. "Dancing With Myself" (from that band's LP Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don't Stop EP release but was remixed from Gen X's 6:05 minute long extended version of the song, and edited down into 4:50 minutes, from which a drum solo and chorus section were removed.

"Untouchables" is another Gen X song taken from the 1980 album Kiss Me Deadly, which was re-recorded for Don't Stop.

The EP peaked at #71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation[by whom?] for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.[citation needed]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mony Mony"Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom5:01
2."Baby Talk"Billy Idol3:14
3."Untouchables"Idol3:39
4."Dancing with Myself"Idol, Tony James4:50

Personnel[]

As no musicians are credited on the album sleeve, credits are adapted from Billy Idol's autobiography Dancing With Myself, except where noted.[5]

Production

  • Keith Forsey – producer
  • Brian Reeves – engineer
  • Nigel Walker – engineer (track 4)
  • Brian Aris – photography
  • Janet Levinson – design

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Notes[]

  • The 1983 CD reissue of Don't Stop also includes a 12:50 length interview with Billy Idol by MTV VJ Martha Quinn. This interview was on the release of the tape as well.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Don't Stop on Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Taylor, Jonathan (2 September 1982). "Billy Idol – Billy Idol". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Don't Stop". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  4. ^ "CG: billy idol". Robert Christgau. 10 August 1993. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  5. ^ Idol, Billy (2014). Dancing With Myself. London, England: Simon & Schuster. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-85720-559-9. The next day, we went into Westlake Studios on Beverly Boulevard. ... Mick Smiley played bass, Quiet Riot's Frankie Banali played drums, and on guitar was Asley [sic] Otten.
  6. ^ Riesman, Abraham (27 July 2016). "Mick Smiley Made the Best Ghostbusters Song, Then He Disappeared". Cuepoint. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Billy Idol on Twitter: "Frankie Banali played on the '82 version of Mony Mony & did a fantastic job ..."". Twitter. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e James, Tony (4 December 2008). "First you meet the girl, then you write the hit…". carbonsilicon.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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