Vital Idol
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Vital Idol is a compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of remixed singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from Billy Idol
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...

's first three albums. Peaking at number 10 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, the album was supported by a live single version of "Mony Mony".

The album, sporting a photo from the "Dancing with Myself" video was originally released in Europe in 1985. It was 24 bit digitally remastered and expanded to feature the remix of "To Be a Lover" and reissued globally in 2002. This time, a photo from the live video for "Mony Mony" was used as the album cover.
The album has been certified by BPI and RIAA platinum.

1985 release

  1. "White Wedding
    White Wedding (song)
    "White Wedding" is a song by Billy Idol that appeared on his album Billy Idol . Although "the Big 80's: Episode I" of VH1's Pop-up Video trivia show claims Idol wrote the song to voice his displeasure with his sister's fiance , on an episode of VH1 Storytellers, Idol claimed that there was never...

    " (Parts I & II) [Shotgun Mix] – 8:20
  2. "Dancing with Myself
    Dancing with Myself
    "Dancing with Myself" is a song by the band Generation X. The song was first released as a single and a 12" in 1980 and, a few weeks after the single release, was included on the band's last album - 1981's Kiss Me Deadly...

    " (Uptown Mix) – 5:57
  3. "Flesh for Fantasy" (Below the Belt Mix) – 7:04
  4. "Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix) – 5:56
  5. "Mony Mony
    Mony Mony
    "Mony Mony" is a 1968 single by Tommy James & the Shondells, that reached #1 in the UK charts.-History:"Mony Mony" was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom. The hook in the song is said to have been inspired by James' view of a MONY sign atop the Mutual of New York...

    " (Downtown Mix) – 5:01
  6. "Love Calling" (Rub a Dub Dub Mix) – 5:33
  7. "Hot in the City
    Hot in the City
    "Hot in the City" is a 1982 song by Billy Idol, released on his self-titled album. It charted at #23 in the U.S. and #58 in the UK. A re-release of the song in the UK in 1988 reached #13.-Music video:...

    " (Exterminator Mix) – 5:09

1987 US edition

  1. "White Wedding" (Parts I & II) [Shotgun Mix] – 8:20
  2. "Mony Mony" (Downtown Mix) – 5:01
  3. "Hot in the City" (Exterminator Mix) – 5:09
  4. "Dancing with Myself" (Uptown Mix) – 5:57
  5. "Flesh for Fantasy" (Below the Belt Mix) – 7:04
  6. "To Be a Lover" (Mother of Mercy Mix) – 6:49
  7. "Love Calling" (Rub a Dub Dub Mix) – 5:33
  8. "Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix) – 5:56

1988 Japan edition (which contains 3 different mixes/songs marked *)

  1. "White Wedding" (Parts I & II) [Shotgun Mix] – 8:20
  2. "Mony Mony" (Hung Like A Pony Mix)* – 7:00
  3. "Hot in the City" (Exterminator Mix) – 5:10
  4. "Dancing with Myself" (Uptown Mix) – 5:59
  5. "Flesh for Fantasy" (Below the Belt Mix) – 7:04
  6. "To Be a Lover" (Mother of Mercy Mix) – 6:48
  7. "Love Calling" (Rub a Dub Dub Mix) – 5:33
  8. "Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix) – 4:56
  9. "Shakin' All Over" (Live)* – 4:39
  10. "Mony Mony" (Live)* – 4:06

Certification

Country Certification Sales
United States Platinum 1,000,000
United Kingdom Platinum 300,000
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