| 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] |
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| 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.
"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.