Songs > Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

(Lennon/McCartney)

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Recording dates

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Release dates

• November 22, 1968 (UK) (on The Beatles)
• November 25, 1968 (US) (on The Beatles)
• May 31, 1976 (US) ("Got To Get You Into My Life/Helter Skelter" single)

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Chart performance

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Quotes

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Awards

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Anomalies

• The mono version is missing the Ringo line "I've got blisters on my fingers!" and following drum-out

Other notes

• Along with "Revolution 9" and "Piggies", "Helter Skelter" supposedly incited Charles Manson and the Manson "family" into the infamous Tate killings, in which actress Sharon Tate, nine months pregnant, and nine others were brutally stabbed to death. Reportedly, the phrase "Helter Skelter" was written on the wall in blood at Tate's home where the killings took place.

Notable covers

• U2 (from the album Rattle And Hum)
• Motley Crue (from the album Shout At The Devil)