William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is a Brit… Read Full Bio ↴William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He also holds United States citizenship. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the US. The name "Billy Idol" was inspired by a schoolteacher's description of him as "idle".
Idol began his music career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band Chelsea. However, he soon left the group. With his former bandmate Tony James, Idol formed Generation X. With Idol as lead singer, the band achieved success in the United Kingdom and released three studio albums on Chrysalis Records, then disbanded. In 1981, Idol moved to New York City to pursue his solo career in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His debut studio album, Billy Idol (1982), was a commercial success. With music videos for singles "Dancing with Myself" and "White Wedding" Idol soon became a staple of then newly-established MTV.
Idol's second studio album, Rebel Yell (1983), was a major commercial success, featuring hit singles "Rebel Yell" and "Eyes Without a Face". The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of two million copies in the US. In 1986, he released Whiplash Smile. Having accumulated three UK top 10 singles ("Rebel Yell", "White Wedding" and "Mony Mony"), Idol released a 1988 greatest hits album titled Idol Songs: 11 of the Best; the album went platinum in the United Kingdom. Idol then released Charmed Life (1990) and the concept album Cyberpunk (1993).
Idol spent the second half of the 1990s focusing on his personal life out of the public eye. He made a musical comeback with the release of Devil's Playground (2005) and again with Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014).
Idol began his music career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band Chelsea. However, he soon left the group. With his former bandmate Tony James, Idol formed Generation X. With Idol as lead singer, the band achieved success in the United Kingdom and released three studio albums on Chrysalis Records, then disbanded. In 1981, Idol moved to New York City to pursue his solo career in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His debut studio album, Billy Idol (1982), was a commercial success. With music videos for singles "Dancing with Myself" and "White Wedding" Idol soon became a staple of then newly-established MTV.
Idol's second studio album, Rebel Yell (1983), was a major commercial success, featuring hit singles "Rebel Yell" and "Eyes Without a Face". The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of two million copies in the US. In 1986, he released Whiplash Smile. Having accumulated three UK top 10 singles ("Rebel Yell", "White Wedding" and "Mony Mony"), Idol released a 1988 greatest hits album titled Idol Songs: 11 of the Best; the album went platinum in the United Kingdom. Idol then released Charmed Life (1990) and the concept album Cyberpunk (1993).
Idol spent the second half of the 1990s focusing on his personal life out of the public eye. He made a musical comeback with the release of Devil's Playground (2005) and again with Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014).
Don\xE2\x80\x99t Need A Gun
Billy Idol Lyrics
A human heart goes out tonight
Yes a red hot love on a red stop light
I see a scene so cold it echoes in blue
Oh those twisting tongues there are after you
Wop bop a lu bop, son you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Oh what a story dreams to buy
Don't need a knife to violate my life
It's all so insane
When the other man has none
You don't need a gun
Yes a Russian roulette no fun
I don't need a gun
I just need someone
I don't need a gun
Blood red lights a domination street yeah
And I just need your love and to feel that heat yeah
Or you can drive me through
That red stop light
With a whiplash smile
Wop bop a lu bop, yeah you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Oh what a story, gone too far
Don't need a knife to violate my life
And I'm not insane
I said, when the other man has none
You don't need a gun
Russian roulette no fun
You don't need a gun
Yeah, I just need someone
I won't need a gun oh yeah
You will always be crying yeah
Oh you will always be dying
Oh you will always be dying
Elvis I'll fight the dying light
Johnnie Ray he's always crying
Gene Vincent, he cried, "Who slapped John?"
Yessuh me, I'm movin', movin', movin', movin' on
Yeah to be someone
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
(You will always be crying)
(Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry)
Yes a red hot love on a red stop light
I see a scene so cold it echoes in blue
Oh those twisting tongues there are after you
Wop bop a lu bop, son you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Oh what a story dreams to buy
It's all so insane
When the other man has none
You don't need a gun
Yes a Russian roulette no fun
I don't need a gun
I just need someone
I don't need a gun
Blood red lights a domination street yeah
And I just need your love and to feel that heat yeah
Or you can drive me through
That red stop light
With a whiplash smile
Wop bop a lu bop, yeah you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Oh what a story, gone too far
Don't need a knife to violate my life
And I'm not insane
I said, when the other man has none
You don't need a gun
Russian roulette no fun
You don't need a gun
Yeah, I just need someone
I won't need a gun oh yeah
You will always be crying yeah
Oh you will always be dying
Oh you will always be dying
Elvis I'll fight the dying light
Johnnie Ray he's always crying
Gene Vincent, he cried, "Who slapped John?"
Yessuh me, I'm movin', movin', movin', movin' on
Yeah to be someone
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
(You will always be crying)
(Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry)
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Written by: Billy Idol
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