Don't Stop (Billy Idol EP)

Don't Stop is the first solo release by rock singer Billy Idol. 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
Released	24 October 1981
Recorded	September 1980, July 1981[1]
Studio	AIR Studios, London Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles Musicland West Studios, Los Angeles[1]
Genre	Dance-rock[2]
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
"Dancing with Myself" Released: 1981 "Mony Mony" Released: 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	B[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mony Mony (Tommy James and the Shondells cover)"	Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom	5:01
2.	"Baby Talk"	Billy Idol	3:14
3.	"Untouchables"	Idol	3:39
4.	"Dancing with Myself"	Idol, Tony James	4:50

Personnel

• Billy Idol – vocals
• Aseley Otten – guitar
• Mick Smiley – bass
• Frankie Banali – drums
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
• Steve New − guitar (track 4)
• Steve Jones − guitar (track 4)
• Tony James – bass (track 4)
• Terry Chimes – drums (track 4)[5]

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