''Don't Stop'' is the first EP by English rock singer

Billy Idol William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Idol achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X ...

, released in 1981 by

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. The EP contains a version of

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' 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 ''

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'') 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

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. This interview was included on the cassette release as well.

Personnel

;Musicians As no musicians are credited on the album sleeve, credits are adapted from Idol's autobiography ''Dancing With Myself'', except where noted. *

– vocals *Aseley Otten – guitar *Mick Smiley – bass *

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– drums *Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals * Steve New − guitar (track 4) * Steve Jones − guitar (track 4) * Danny Kustow − guitar (track 4) * Tony James – bass (track 4) *

Terry Chimes Terence Chimes (born 5 July 1956, Stepney, London, England) is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of punk rock group the Clash. He played with them from July 1976 to November 1976, January 1977 to April 1977, and again from ...

– drums (track 4) ;Technical *

Keith Forsey Keith Forsey (born 2 January 1948) is an English pop musician and record producer. Early life Forsey began his career as a percussionist in the mid-late 1960s as the drummer for The Spectrum and as the drummer in Udo Lindenberg's Panik Orche ...

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

Charts

References

{{Billy Idol Billy Idol EPs 1981 debut EPs Albums produced by Keith Forsey Chrysalis Records EPs