Don't Need a Gun

"Don't Need a Gun"
Single by Billy Idol
from the album Whiplash Smile
B-side"Fatal Charm"
ReleasedJanuary 1987 (US)
23 February 1987 (UK)
GenreRock
Length
  • 6:15 (album version)
  • 4:28 (7-inch version)
LabelChrysalis
SongwriterBilly Idol
ProducerKeith Forsey
Billy Idol singles chronology
"To Be a Lover"
(1986) 		"Don't Need a Gun"
(1987) 		"Sweet Sixteen"
(1987)
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Music video
"Don't Need a Gun" on YouTube

"Don't Need a Gun" is a song by the English rock singer Billy Idol, released in 1987 as the second single from his third studio album, Whiplash Smile (1986). The song, written by Idol and produced by Keith Forsey, combines rock, pop and dance with lyrics on the dangers of firearms. The 7-inch single, backed with Whiplash Smile album track "Fatal Charm", is shortened to four minutes and 28 seconds from the six minute and 15 second album version.

While not as successful as the prior or following singles, "To Be a Lover" and "Sweet Sixteen" respectively, the song reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #10 on the Mainstream Rock chart. A music video, directed by Julien Temple, continued Idol's success on MTV.

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