Don't Stop (Billy Idol EP)

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Don't Stop
EP by
Billy Idol
ReleasedOctober 1981
RecordedSeptember 1980, July 1981
Studio
  • AIR (London)
  • Westlake (Los Angeles)
  • Musicland West (Los Angeles)
GenreNew wave, dance-rock[1]
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
AllMusicStarStarStar[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]

Don't Stop is the debut extended play (EP) by the English rock singer Billy Idol, released in October 1981 by Chrysalis Records.

The EP contains a version of Tommy James and the Shondells' UK No. 1 hit "Mony Mony", a live version of which would later become a hit for Idol 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 UK 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.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mony Mony"Thomas Jackson, Robert Ackoff, Richard Rosenblatt, Bobby Bloom5:01
2."Baby Talk"Billy Idol3:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Untouchables"Idol3:39
2."Dancing with Myself"Idol, Tony James4:50
  • 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 included on the cassette release as well.

Personnel

Musicians

As no musicians are credited on the album sleeve, credits are adapted from Idol's autobiography Dancing With Myself,[4] except where noted.

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

Charts

Chart performance for Don't Stop
Chart (1981–1983) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[8] 71

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. 10 August 1993. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  4. 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.
  5. Riesman, Abraham (27 July 2016). "Mick Smiley Made the Best Ghostbusters Song, Then He Disappeared". Cuepoint. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. James, Tony (4 December 2008). "First you meet the girl, then you write the hit…". carbonsilicon.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. "Billy Idol Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2024.