Don't Stop (Billy Idol EP)

For the 5 Seconds of Summer EP, see Don't Stop (5 Seconds of Summer EP).
Don't Stop
EP by Billy Idol
Released October 24, 1981
Recorded 1980-1981
Genre Dance-rock[1]
Length 16:44
Label Chrysalis
F2 21729 / DIDX 5224
Producer Keith 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
Allmusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]

Don't Stop is Billy Idol's first solo release. Released in the US in 1981, it contained a version of Tommy James and the Shondells UK #1 "Mony Mony," that would become a hit as live version in 1987, and "Dancing with Myself," the latter of which had also been a moderate hit for Idol's former band Gen X. "Dancing With Myself" (from that band's L.P. Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don't Stop EP release but was simply remixed from Gen X's 6:05 extended release of the song and edited down to a 4:50 version, in which a drum solo and chorus section were removed. The song "Untouchables", however, another Gen X song written by Idol and also from Kiss Me Deadly, was re-recorded for Don't Stop.

The EP peaked at number 71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.

Track listing

  1. "Mony Mony" (Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom) – 5:01
  2. "Baby Talk" (Idol) – 3:14
  3. "Untouchables" (Idol) – 3:39
  4. "Dancing with Myself" (Billy Idol, Tony James) – 4:50

Notes

References

  1. Taylor, Jonathan (2 September 1982). "Billy Idol – Billy Idol". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  2. "Don't Stop". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. "CG: billy idol". Robert Christgau. 1993-08-10. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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