Don’t Stop Songs Ranked

Don’t Stop is Billy Idol’s first solo record. Released in the US in 1981, it contains a version of Tommy James and the Shondells’ UK #1 “Mony Mony,” that would become a later hit for him as a live version 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 United Kingdom 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 was removed. Here are all of Don’t Stop songs ranked.

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4. Mony Mony

“Mony Mony” is Tommy James’s second best song, and doing it justice would take some effort. Billy Idol’s approach was essentially to pump as much of the arrangement onto steroids as possible. For me, personally, I love the result. It’s as corny and oversexed as anything Billy Idol ever released.”

3. Untouchables

“Much better is “Untouchables,” another leftover Generation X track and a nice little feel-good track that would sound great coming out of a car stereo. Some of this is fun, but we know the real story here.”

2. Baby Talk

“Baby Talk” is unfortunately not a Jan & Dean cover, and it’s a bit too predictable, and terribly cliche, to take seriously. The entire song’s purpose is to sound as tough as possible, and Billy Idol delivered.

1. Dancing With Myself (Long Version)

” The band’s name changed to the shortened GEN X but I really liked that song “Dancing with Myself”. Bout’ a year later that song was everywhere and it was now Billy Idol, no more band, just a solo career for Billy Idol. Oh well, for A year a got to enjoy this song.”