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1985 remix album by Billy Idol

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Vital Idol

Original 1985 cover

Remix album by

Billy Idol

Released

31 May 1985^[1]

Genre

Length

42:22

Billy Idol chronology

Rebel Yell
(1983)

Vital Idol
(1985)

Whiplash Smile
(1986)

Alternative cover

1987 edition cover

Vital Idol is aremix album by Englishrock singerBilly Idol, released on 31 May 1985 byChrysalis Records.^[3] It contains remixed songs from his first two albums and theDon't Stop EP. The album was reissued in the United States with one extra track in September 1987, peaking at number 10 on theBillboard 200.^[4] The US release was supported by a non-album live single version of "Mony Mony".

The original release, sporting a photo from the "Dancing with Myself" video, was first issued in Europe in 1985. It peaked at number seven on theUK Albums Chart,^[5] outperforming Idol's previous studio albums.^[2] The US release was expanded to feature the "Mother of Mercy Mix" of "To Be a Lover" and reissued in 1987 with different cover art, featuring a photo still from the live video for "Mony Mony" on CD. The 1987 issue was 24-bit digitallyremastered and released globally in 2002.

The album has been certified platinum by both theBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI) andRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Background

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Most of the tracks are the original12″ extended versions,^[2] except "Catch My Fall", which features a new remix with some re-recorded instruments.^[6] "What we would always do is we knew we had certain songs where we wanted to have some space to do remixes," guitaristSteve Stevens said in 2014. "So we'd leave 16 bars or 32 bars in the middle of the song no matter what the song was and then do an edit on it later and that left us room to experiment for a dance remix."^[2]

The album's title was inspired by a 1974 single byreggae artistHorace Andy titled "Ital Vital".^[6]^[7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Record Mirror	^[8]
Robert Christgau	B+^[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[10]

In his review forAllMusic, Steve Huey wrote: "It doesn't really work as a hits collection, since it's missing key songs like 'Rebel Yell' and 'Eyes Without a Face,' and most of the dance remixes are repetitious and uninteresting compared to the originals."^[3] InThe Rolling Stone Album Guide, Mark Coleman called the album "both a cynical recycling ploy and the essential Billy Idol album".^[11]

Track listing

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*Vital Idol*(1985)^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"White Wedding (Parts I & II)" (Shotgun Mix)	Billy Idol	Billy Idol, 1982	8:20
2.	"Dancing with Myself" (Uptown Mix)	Idol,Tony James	Don't Stop, 1981	5:57
3.	"Flesh for Fantasy" (Below the Belt Mix)	Idol,Steve Stevens	Rebel Yell, 1983	7:04
4.	"Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix)	Idol	Rebel Yell	4:56
5.	"Mony Mony" (Downtown Mix)	Tommy James, Bo Gentry,Ritchie Cordell,Bobby Bloom	Don't Stop	5:01
6.	"Love Calling" (Rub a Dub Dub Mix)	Idol,Keith Forsey	Billy Idol	5:33
7.	"Hot in the City" (Exterminator Mix)	Idol	Billy Idol	5:09
Total length:				42:22

*Vital Idol*– US version (1987)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"White Wedding (Parts I & II)" (Shotgun Mix)	Idol	Billy Idol	8:20
2.	"Mony Mony" (Downtown Mix)	James, Gentry, Cordell, Bloom	Don't Stop	5:01
3.	"Hot in the City" (Exterminator Mix)	Idol	Billy Idol	5:09
4.	"Dancing with Myself" (Uptown Mix)	Idol, James	Don't Stop	5:57
5.	"Flesh for Fantasy" (Below the Belt Mix)	Idol, Stevens	Rebel Yell	7:04
6.	"To Be a Lover" (Mother of Mercy Mix)	William Bell,Booker T. Jones	Whiplash Smile, 1986	6:49
7.	"Love Calling" (Rub a Dub Dub Mix)	Idol, Forsey	Billy Idol	5:33
8.	"Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix)	Idol	Rebel Yell	4:56
Total length:				49:45

*Vital Idol*– Japan reissue (1987)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"White Wedding (Parts I & II)" (Shotgun Mix)	Idol	Billy Idol	8:20
2.	"Mony Mony" (Hung Like a Pony Mix)	James, Gentry, Cordell, Bloom	Don't Stop	7:00
3.	"Hot in the City" (Exterminator Mix)	Idol	Billy Idol	5:10
4.	"Dancing with Myself" (Uptown Mix)	Idol, James	Don't Stop	5:59
5.	"Flesh for Fantasy" (Below the Belt Mix)	Idol, Stevens	Rebel Yell	7:04
6.	"To Be a Lover" (Mother of Mercy Mix)	Bell, Jones	Whiplash Smile	6:48
7.	"Love Calling" (Rub a Dub Dub Mix)	Idol, Forsey	Billy Idol	5:33
8.	"Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix)	Idol	Rebel Yell	4:56
9.	"Shakin' All Over" (Live)	Johnny Kidd	"Mony Mony" (Live) single, 1987	4:39
10.	"Mony Mony" (Live)	James, Gentry, Cordell, Bloom	"Mony Mony" (Live) single	4:06
Total length:				58:30

Personnel

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Adapted from the album liner notes.^[12]

Keith Forsey – producer, remixing
Gary Langan – remixing ("Flesh for Fantasy", "To Be a Lover")
Billy Idol – remixing ("Catch My Fall")
Steve Stevens – remixing ("Catch My Fall")
Tom Lord-Alge – remixing ("Mony Mony" (Hung Like a Pony Mix), "Mony Mony" (Live), "Shakin' All Over")^[13]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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1985 weekly chart performance forVital Idol
Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[14]	38
European Albums (Music & Media)^[15]	19
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[16]	13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[17]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[18]	8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[19]	19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	24
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	7

1987–1988 weekly chart performance forVital Idol
Chart (1987–1988)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Australian Music Report)^[14]	12
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[21]	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[18]	14
UK Albums (OCC)^[22]	41
USBillboard 200^[23]	10

Year-end charts

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1985 year-end chart performance forVital Idol
Chart (1985)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[24]	36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[25]	50
UK Albums (Gallup)^[26]	67

1987 year-end chart performance forVital Idol
Chart (1987)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[27]	21

1988 year-end chart performance forVital Idol
Chart (1988)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[28]	49
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[29]	41
USBillboard 200^[30]	71

Certifications

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Certifications forVital Idol
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[31]	4× Platinum	400,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[32]	Gold	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[33]	Gold	250,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[34]	Gold	7,500^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[35]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[36]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Vital Idol: Revitalized

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Vital Idol: Revitalized

Remix album by

Billy Idol

Released

28 September 2018

Genre

Length

42:43

Label

Capitol

Billy Idol chronology

Kings & Queens of the Underground
(2014)

Vital Idol: Revitalized
(2018)

The Roadside
(2021)

Vital Idol: Revitalized is a remix album by English rock singerBilly Idol, released on 28 September 2018. The album has been described as a "modern-day upgrade" ofVital Idol. The digital version features four additional remixes, including a new Billy Idol and Steve Stevens remix of "Mony Mony" and "Save Me Now" (Lost Dog Remix), reworked by Idol's son, Willem Wolfe with Brandon Rauch and Ed Bedrosian.^[38]

Track listing

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*Vital Idol: Revitalized* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"White Wedding" (CRAY Remix)	Idol	Billy Idol	3:28
2.	"Dancing with Myself" (RAC Remix)	Idol, James	Don't Stop	3:33
3.	"Eyes Without a Face" (Tropkillaz Remix)	Idol, Stevens	Rebel Yell	3:50
4.	"Rebel Yell" (The Crystal Method Remix)	Idol, Stevens	Rebel Yell	5:23
5.	"(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows" (Moby Remix)	Idol, Stevens	Rebel Yell	4:21
6.	"Flesh for Fantasy" (St Francis Hotel Remix)	Idol, Stevens	Rebel Yell	3:37
7.	"Catch My Fall" (Juan Maclean Remix)	Idol	Rebel Yell	5:31
8.	"One Breath Away" (Paul Oakenfold Remix)	Idol, Stevens,Billy Morrison	Kings & Queens of the Underground, 2014	3:21
9.	"To Be a Lover" (DJDS Remix)	Bell, Jones	Whiplash Smile	3:04
10.	"Don't Need a Gun" (Shiba San Remix)	Idol	Whiplash Smile	3:26
11.	"Hot in the City" (Shotgun Mike Remix)	Idol	Billy Idol	3:09
Total length:				42:43

Digital version (bonus tracks)^[39]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
12.	"Mony Mony" (Idol/Stevens Remix)	James, Gentry, Cordell, Bloom	Don't Stop	5:41
13.	"One Breath Away" (Paul Oakenfold Remix – Extended Version)	Idol, Stevens, Morrison	Kings & Queens of the Underground	4:58
14.	"(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows" (Moby Remix – Half Speed Version)	Idol, Stevens	Rebel Yell	4:30
15.	"Save Me Now" (Lost Dog Remix)	Idol, George William Lewis,Greg Kurstin	Kings & Queens of the Underground	4:42

Release history

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Release history forVital Idol: Revitalized
Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	28 September 2018	CD digital download	Capitol
Various	16 November 2018	LP	Capitol

References

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