Don't Need a Gun explained

Don't Need a Gun
Cover:Billy Idol - Don't Need a Gun.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Billy Idol
Album:Whiplash Smile
B-Side:"Fatal Charm"
Released:January 1987 (US)[1]
16 February 1987 (UK)[2]
Length:
  • 6:15 (album version)
  • 4:28 (7-inch version)
Label:Chrysalis
Producer:Keith Forsey
Prev Title:To Be a Lover
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Sweet Sixteen
Next Year:1987

"Don't Need a Gun" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1986 studio album Whiplash Smile. It became the album's second single in 1987, and was a #37 pop hit in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Background and writing

"Don't Need a Gun" was written by Billy Idol. The song has a clear content about the risk of using firearms.

The chorus of the song includes references to "Tutti Frutti", "Flip, Flop and Fly" and "Lawdy Miss Clawdy". The final verse name-checks Elvis Presley, Johnnie Ray and Gene Vincent.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Rock Discography. 405.
  2. Web site: Music Week. 13.
  3. Web site: spanishcharts.com - Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun. October 19, 2017.