Don't Stop (Billy Idol EP)

For the 5 Seconds of Summer EP, see Don't Stop (5 Seconds of Summer EP).

Don't Stop
EP by Billy Idol
Released	24 October 1981
Recorded	July–September 1981
Genre	Punk rock new wave hard rock
Length	16:44
Label	Chrysalis F2 21729 / DIDX 5224
Producer	Keith Forsey
Billy Idol chronology
Don't Stop (1981) Billy Idol (1982)Billy Idol1982
Singles from Don't Stop
"Dancing with Myself" Released: 1981 "Mony Mony" Released: 1981

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	B

Don't Stop is Billy Idol's first solo release. Released in the US in late 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 Generation X. "Dancing With Myself" (from Generation X's last LP Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don't Stop EP release but was simply remixed from Generation 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 Generation 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.