"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.
"Don't Need a Gun" was written by Billy Idol.
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.