Don't Stop (Billy Idol EP)

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

Don't Stop
EP by
Billy Idol
Released24 October 1981
RecordedSeptember 1980, July 1981[1]
Studio
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
Allmusic[3]
Robert ChristgauB[4]

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 for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mony Mony (Tommy James and the Shondells cover)"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

Production

  • Keith Forsey – producer
  • Brian Reeves – engineer
  • Nigel Walker – engineer (track 4)
  • Brian Aris – photography
  • Janet Levinson – design[1]

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. 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. 125, 145. ISBN 978-0-85720-559-9.
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