Helter Skelter

"Helter Skelter"
Song by The Beatles
Album	The Beatles (The White Album)
Released	22 November 1968
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios 9 September 1968
Genre	hard rock
Length	4:30 (Stereo LP) 3:38 (Mono LP)
Label	Apple Records
Writer	Lennon/McCartney
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles (The White Album) track listing
Side one "Back in the U.S.S.R." "Dear Prudence" "Glass Onion" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" "Wild Honey Pie" "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" Side two "Martha My Dear" "I'm So Tired" "Blackbird" "Piggies" "Rocky Raccoon" "Don't Pass Me By" "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" "I Will" "Julia" Side three "Birthday" "Yer Blues" "Mother Nature's Son" "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" "Sexy Sadie" "Helter Skelter" "Long, Long, Long" Side four "Revolution 1" "Honey Pie" "Savoy Truffle" "Cry Baby Cry" "Revolution 9" "Good Night"

“Got to Get You into My Life”
Single by The Beatles from the album Revolver
B-side	"Helter Skelter (song)
Released	Single: 31 May 1976 (U.S.)
Format	7"
Label	Capitol 4274 (U.S.)
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"Yesterday" (UK-1976) ------ "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" (US-1970) "Got to Get You into My Life" (1976) "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (1976)

Quotes

“	Umm, that came about just 'cuz I'd read a review of a record which said, 'And this group really got us wild, there's echo on everything, they're screaming their heads off.' And I just remember thinking, 'Oh, it'd be great to do one. Pity they've done it. Must be great-- really screaming record.' And then I heard their record and it was quite straight, and it was very sort of sophisticated. It wasn't rough and screaming and tape echo at all. So I thought, 'Oh well, we'll do one like that, then.' And I had this song called 'Helter Skelter' which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.'	„
—Paul McCartney, 1968

“	That's Paul completely. All that (Charles) Manson stuff was built 'round George's song about pigs and this one... Paul's song about an English fairground. It has nothing to do with anything, and least of all to do with me.	„
—John Lennon, 1980

“	The Who had made some track that was the loudest, the most raucous rock 'n roll, the dirtiest thing they'd ever done. It made me think, 'Right. Got to do it.' I like that kind of geeking up. And we decided to do the loudest, nastiest, sweatiest rock number we could.	„
—Paul McCartney, 1985

Lyrics

When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top of the slide, Where I stop and turn and I go for a ride, Till I get to the bottom and I see you again! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Do you, don't you want me to love you? I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you! Tell me tell me come on tell me the answer, And you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer!

Go helter skelter! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Yeah!

I will you, won't you want me to make you? I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you! Tell me tell me tell me the answer, You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer!

Look out! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Yeah!

Look out cause here she comes!

When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top of the slide, Where I stop and turn and I go for a ride, Till I get to the bottom and I see you again! Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Well, will you, won't you want me to make you? I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you! Tell me tell me tell me the answer, You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer!

Look out! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Yeah!

Helter Skelter! She's coming down fast! Yes she is! Yes she is coming down fast...

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