Released October 24, 1981 Length 16:44 Artists Billy Idol, Generation X Producer Keith Forsey | Recorded 1980-1981 Don't Stop
(1981) Billy Idol
(1982) Release date 24 October 1981 Label Chrysalis Records | |
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Genres Punk rock, New wave, Hard rock, Dance-rock | ||
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.
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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 L.P. Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don't Stop E.P. 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 Kiss Me Deadly long-player, which was re-recorded for Don't Stop.
The EP peaked at #71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.
Track listing
- "Mony Mony" (Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom) – 5:01
- "Baby Talk" (Idol) – 3:14
- "Untouchables" (Idol) – 3:39
- "Dancing with Myself" (Billy Idol, Tony James) – 4:50
Songs
1Mony Mony5:01
2Baby Talk3:10
3Untouchables3:36