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| Name = Helter Skelter | | Name = Helter Skelter | ||
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| Artist = [[The Beatles]] | | Artist = [[The Beatles]] | ||
| − | | | + | | Album = [[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]] |
| − | | | + | | Cover = The White Album.svg |
| − | | Released = | + | | Released = 22 November 1968 |
| − | | | + | | track_no = 6 of disc 2 |
| Recorded = [[Abbey Road Studios]]<br/>9 September 1968 | | Recorded = [[Abbey Road Studios]]<br/>9 September 1968 | ||
| − | | Genre = | + | | Genre = [[Hard rock]]<!-- This is the consensus genre, please see Talk page --> |
| − | | Length = 4:30 (Stereo LP)<br | + | | Length = 4:30 (Stereo LP)<br>3:38 (Mono LP) |
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| Writer = [[Lennon/McCartney]] | | Writer = [[Lennon/McCartney]] | ||
| + | | Label = [[Apple Records]] | ||
| Producer = [[George Martin]] | | Producer = [[George Martin]] | ||
| − | + | | Tracks = | |
| − | + | '''Side one''' | |
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#"[[Back in the U.S.S.R.]]" | #"[[Back in the U.S.S.R.]]" | ||
#"[[Dear Prudence]]" | #"[[Dear Prudence]]" | ||
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#"[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" | #"[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" | ||
#"[[Happiness Is a Warm Gun]]" | #"[[Happiness Is a Warm Gun]]" | ||
| − | + | '''Side two''' | |
#<li value=9>"[[Martha My Dear]]" | #<li value=9>"[[Martha My Dear]]" | ||
#"[[I'm So Tired]]" | #"[[I'm So Tired]]" | ||
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#"[[I Will (The Beatles song)|I Will]]" | #"[[I Will (The Beatles song)|I Will]]" | ||
#"[[Julia (The Beatles song)|Julia]]" | #"[[Julia (The Beatles song)|Julia]]" | ||
| − | + | '''Side three''' | |
#"[[Birthday (The Beatles song)|Birthday]]" | #"[[Birthday (The Beatles song)|Birthday]]" | ||
#"[[Yer Blues]]" | #"[[Yer Blues]]" | ||
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#"[[Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey]]" | #"[[Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey]]" | ||
#"[[Sexy Sadie (song)|Sexy Sadie]]" | #"[[Sexy Sadie (song)|Sexy Sadie]]" | ||
| − | #" | + | #"Helter Skelter" |
#"[[Long, Long, Long]]" | #"[[Long, Long, Long]]" | ||
| − | + | '''Side four''' | |
#<li value=8>"[[Revolution (song)#Revolution 1|Revolution 1]]" | #<li value=8>"[[Revolution (song)#Revolution 1|Revolution 1]]" | ||
#"[[Honey Pie]]" | #"[[Honey Pie]]" | ||
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#"[[Cry Baby Cry]]" | #"[[Cry Baby Cry]]" | ||
#"[[Revolution 9]]" | #"[[Revolution 9]]" | ||
| − | #"[[Good Night (song)|Good Night]] | + | #"[[Good Night (song)|Good Night]]" |
| Misc = {{Extra musicsample |filename=Beatles helter skelter.ogg |format=[[Ogg]] |title=Helter Skelter |Type=song}} | | Misc = {{Extra musicsample |filename=Beatles helter skelter.ogg |format=[[Ogg]] |title=Helter Skelter |Type=song}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:22, 18 June 2009
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| "Helter Skelter" cover | ||||||||||
| Song by The Beatles | ||||||||||
| Album | The Beatles | |||||||||
| Released | 22 November 1968 | |||||||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 9 September 1968 |
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| Genre | Hard rock | |||||||||
| Length | 4:30 (Stereo LP) 3:38 (Mono LP) |
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| Label | Apple Records | |||||||||
| Writer | Lennon/McCartney | |||||||||
| Producer | George Martin | |||||||||
| The Beatles track listing | ||||||||||
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Side one
Side two
Side three
Side four
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| “ | 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.' | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1968 |
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| “ | 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. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1980 |
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| “ | 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. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1985 |
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