Anticipation grows for The Beatles’ Anthology 4 as “Helter Skelter (Second Version – Take 17)” debuts as a top-selling track on iTunes, decades after it was first recorded. The Beatles (left to right) ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Songs are open to interpretation, but that can go fatally awry. Charles Manson, the infamous cult leader behind a grisly massacre in 1969, allegedly believed “Helter Skelter,” a song by The Beatles, a ...

Isabella Soares is a Senior Writer for Collider, as well as a CherryPicks-approved critic. Born in Brazil, previously based in Canada, and now residing in the UK, she is passionate about stories that ...

Helter Skelter, often deemed The Beatles' most contentious song, has stirred controversy not due to its actual meaning but because of how Charles Manson manipulated it. Featured on the band's ...

Paul McCartney’s Noisy Chaos of "Helter Skelter" Paul McCartney had a simple goal for writing “Helter Skelter.” He wanted to make it the loudest, grittiest, most chaotic rock song to date. And he ...