Song · Billy Idol
“Mony Mony (Live)” by Billy Idol
From the EP Don’t Stop (1981)
“Mony Mony (Live)” by Billy Idol appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1987. It was first released in 1981 on the EP Don’t Stop. Its best result is #59 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #180 alternative song of 1987.
Billy Idol first took on "Mony Mony" in 1981, on his Don't Stop EP, and that studio cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells hit missed the pop charts, though it reached number seven on the dance charts. He came back to it on stage, and this live version, recorded in 1985 but held back until 1987, did what the first one couldn't: it went all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, made the top 40 internationally and outdid the Shondells' own 1968 original, pulling fresh attention back to that record in the process.
Tommy James wrote the song with Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry, and long after the original, Idol showed it still had plenty of kick.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 59 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
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