Don’t Stop - EP

Don’t Stop is Billy Idol’s first solo release. Released in the US in late 1981, it contained a version of Tommy James and the Shondells UK #1 “Mony Mony” that would become a hit as live version in 1987 and “Dancing with Myself.” The latter of had been a moderate hit for Idol’s former band Generation X. “Dancing With Myself” (from Generation X’s last LP Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don’t Stop EP release but was simply remixed and edited down. The song “Untouchables” however, another Generation X song, was re-recorded for Don’t Stop.

The EP peaked at number 71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.