Don't Stop (Billy Idol 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
"Dancing with Myself" Released: 1981 "Mony Mony" Released: 1981

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	B[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

• The 1983 CD reissue of Don't Stop also includes a 12:50 length interview with Billy Idol by MTV VJ Martha Quinn.

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