"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, and was a #37 pop hit in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
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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