HEY LITTLE SISTER
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ?
Don't Stop
is the first EP
by English
rock singer
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.
Billy Idol
is the debut
studio album
by the
English Rock
musician
released on
July,16th 1982
by Chrysalis Records.
It was the first album
by Idol since
the break-up of
punk rock band
Gen X,
and his first time
collaborating with
guitarist
Steve Stevens.
The album's success
was helped b
y music videos of
"Hot in the City"
and
"White Wedding"
being in heavy rotation
on MTV.
Despite this,
some criticized Idol for
"selling out",
even falsely claiming he
was influenced by
label executives
and managers.
Background and Recording
The song
"White Wedding (Part 1)"
is so-named due
to the less-heard
"White Wedding (Part 2)",
which is a more
synthesiser-based
continuation of the
first part.
It can be heard on
the 12-inch version
of the single
and the compilation
Vital Idol
(1985).
"Hot in the City"
was originally recorded
for Idol's debut
EP Don't Stop,
but his
label Chrysalis
considered it too good
just to release
as part of the EP.
They felt it could be a
single and decided
to keep it
for the album.
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