Don't Stop (EP) explained

Don't Stop
Type:	EP
Artist:	Billy Idol
Cover:	BillyIdolDontStop.jpg
Released:	October 1981
Recorded:	September 1980, July 1981
Studio:	AIR (London) Westlake (Los Angeles) Musicland West (Los Angeles)
Genre:	Dance-rock^[1]
Length:	16:44
Label:	Chrysalis F2 21729 / DIDX 5224
Producer:	Keith Forsey
Next Title:	Billy Idol
Next Year:	1982

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

• 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

MusiciansAs no musicians are credited on the album sleeve, credits are adapted from Idol's autobiography Dancing With Myself,^[2] except where noted.

• Billy Idol – vocals
• Aseley Otten – guitar
• Mick Smiley – bass^[3]
• Frankie Banali – drums^[4]
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
• Steve New − guitar (track 4)^[5]
• Steve Jones − guitar (track 4)^[5]
• Danny Kustow − guitar (track 4)^[5]
• Tony James – bass (track 4)^[5]
• Terry Chimes – drums (track 4)^[5]

Technical

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

Charts

Chart (1981–1983)! scope="col"

Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape^[6]	71

Notes and References

1. Jonathan . Taylor . Billy Idol – Billy Idol . Rolling Stone . 2 September 1982 . 27 February 2014 .
2. Book: Idol, Billy . 2014 . Dancing With Myself . Simon & Schuster . London, England . 978-0-85720-559-9 . 145 . 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..
3. Web site: Abraham . Riesman . Mick Smiley Made the Best Ghostbusters Song, Then He Disappeared . Cuepoint. July 27, 2016. August 10, 2021.
4. Web site: Billy Idol on Twitter: "Frankie Banali played on the '82 version of Mony Mony & did a fantastic job ..." . Twitter. July 23, 2016. August 10, 2021.
5. Web site: Tony . James . First you meet the girl, then you write the hit… . carbonsilicon.com. December 4, 2008. August 10, 2021.
6. Billy Idol Chart History . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230421172349/https://www.billboard.com/artist/billy-idol/chart-history/tlp/ . April 21, 2023 . August 16, 2024 . Billboard.