Mony Mony

"Mony Mony (Live)"
"Mony Mony (Live)"
Single by Billy Idol
from the album Vital Idol
B-side	"Shakin' All Over"
Released	September 21, 1987 (UK)
Recorded	1985
Genre	Dance-rock
Length	4:00
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Tommy James; Bo Gentry; Ritchie Cordell; Bobby Bloom;
Producer(s)	Keith Forsey
Billy Idol singles chronology
Music video
	"Mony Mony" (Live) on YouTube

"Mony Mony"
"Mony Mony"
Single by Billy Idol
from the album Don't Stop
B-side	"Baby Talk"
Released	August 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Dance-rock
Length	5:01 (Full studio version); 3:23 (Single edit)
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Tommy James; Bo Gentry; Ritchie Cordell; Bobby Bloom;
Producer(s)	Keith Forsey
Billy Idol singles chronology

"Mony Mony"
"Mony Mony"
Single by Tommy James and the Shondells
from the album Mony Mony
B-side	"One Two Three and I Fell"
Released	March 1968
Genre	Garage rock; R&B;
Length	2:45
Label	Roulette
Songwriter(s)	Tommy James; Bo Gentry; Ritchie Cordell; Bobby Bloom;
Producer(s)	Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell
Tommy James and the Shondells singles chronology

"Mony Mony" is a 1968 song by Tommy James and the Shondells and is the title track to their fifth studio album Mony Mony. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, number 3 in the United States, Canada, Germany and Belgium and number 2 in Switzerland and Ireland.

Billy Idol version

Billy Idol released a cover version of "Mony Mony" in 1981 on his EP Don't Stop. A live recording became a hit for Idol in 1987 and when to number 1 in the United States and Canada, number 8 in Australia, number 7 in the United Kingdom and number 2 in New Zealand.

Track listings and formats

(1981) US 7" vinyl

"Mony Mony" (single edit) – 3:23
"Baby Talk" – 3:10

(1981) UK 7" vinyl (33⅓ rpm) & 12" vinyl (45rpm)

"Mony Mony"
"Baby Talk"
"Untouchables"
"Dancing With Myself"

(1987) UK 7" vinyl

"Mony Mony" (live)
"Shakin' All Over" (live)

(1987) US 12" vinyl

"Mony Mony" (Hung Like a Pony Remix) – 6:59
"Mony Mony" (Steel-Toe Cat Dub) – 6:50
"Mony Mony" (live) – 4:00
"Mony Mony" (incorrectly listed as single edit) – 5:01

(1987) UK 12" vinyl

"Mony Mony" (Hung Like a Pony Remix♰)
"Shakin' All Over" (live)
"Mony Mony" (live)

♰Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge

References

↑ Scapelliti, Christopher (1998). "Tommy James & the Shondells". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 590–591.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 118–9. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Wawzenek, Bryan (November 22, 2017). "30 Years Ago: Billy Idol Rides 'Mony Mony' to No. 1". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
↑ "Index: Releases". Record Mirror. 19 September 1987. p. 9. ISSN 0144-5804.

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[1] Scapelliti, Christopher (1998). "Tommy James & the Shondells". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 590–591.

[500_Number_One_Hits-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 118–9. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.

[diffuser-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Wawzenek, Bryan (November 22, 2017). "30 Years Ago: Billy Idol Rides 'Mony Mony' to No. 1". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

[4] "Index: Releases". Record Mirror. 19 September 1987. p. 9. ISSN 0144-5804.

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