Many associate the song “Helter Skelter” with the tragic event in American history of Charles Manson, who misinterpreted the song thinking it was associated with the prediction of a race war.

“Helter Skelter” is is included on the “White Album“. It was released on November 22, 1968. The song is considered to be one of the first heavy metal songs ever recorded. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
According to McCartney, the song was one part inspired by The Who’s rowdy musicality and one part of childhood memories.

“Pete Townshend had been talking in the music press about how The Who had just recorded the loudest, the dirtiest, the rockiest thing ever,” “I loved that description, so I came into the studio and said to the guys, ‘Let’s just see how loud we can get and how raucous.’“Let’s try and make the meters peak,” Paul wrote in his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.

“A lot of people in the U.S. still don’t know what a helter skelter is,” “They think it’s a roller coaster. It’s actually another fairground feature–conical, with a slide around the outside. We went on them loads of times as kids.”“One minute you’re up, next minute you get knocked down,” “You’re feeling euphoric, then you’re feeling miserable. Such as the nature of life.” McCartney added.
The verses are based on the Mock Turtle’s song from Alice in Wonderland. “John and I both adored Lewis Carroll,” McCartney explained.
Paul commented on Manson using the song as the thesis for his impending race war: “Things got really dark when Charles Manson, a year later, hijacked the song. He thought The Beatles were the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He was reading all this stuff into the lyrics…It was all too twisted.”

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