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Don't Need a Gun
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Need a Gun
| cover = Billy Idol - Don't Need a Gun.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Billy Idol
| album = Whiplash Smile
| B-side = "Fatal Charm"
| released = 23 February 1987 (UK)
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = * 6:15 (album version)
* 5:24 (7-inch version)
| label = Chrysalis
| writer = Billy Idol
| producer = Keith Forsey
| prev_title = To Be a Lover
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Sweet Sixteen
| next_year = 1987
| misc =
}}
"'Don't Need a Gun'" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1986 studio album 'Whiplash Smile'. It became the album's second single in 1987.
Background and writing
"Don't Need a Gun" was written by Billy Idol. The song has a clear content about the risk of using firearms.
The chorus of the song includes references to "Tutti Frutti", "Flip, Flop and Fly" and "Lawdy Miss Clawdy". The final verse name-checks Elvis Presley, Johnnie Ray and Gene Vincent.
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