Billy Idol Wrote a Song About Himself and It Made Him Cry

If you’re familiar with Billy Idol’s music — and if you were listening in the 1980s, you surely remember “White Wedding,” “Eyes Without a Face,” “Dancing With Myself” and many others — then you probably know exactly what to expect from the new song Idol has written for “Billy Idol Should Be Dead,” a documentary about his stormy career and life.

It’ll be aggressive, guitar-driven and full of attitude, just like the snarling, punk-inspired rock songs that made him an MTV staple and earned him enough money to almost kill himself with drugs.

Right?

Wrong. “Dying to Live,” the song that closes the documentary, is a total rarity in Idol’s catalog.