Don't Stop (EP)

Don't Stop
EP by
ReleasedOctober 1981
RecordedSeptember 1980, July 1981
Studio
  • AIR (London)
  • Westlake (Los Angeles)
  • Musicland West (Los Angeles)
GenreDance-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
Allmusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB[3]

Don't Stop is the first EP by English rock singer Billy Idol, released in 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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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. ^ a b c d e 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.