Recording engineer Chris Thomas received a note on Sept. 9, 1968 from producer George Martin saying: "Chris, hope you had a nice holiday. I'm off on mine now. Make yourself available to the Beatles." ...

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) ...

Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” used a metaphor to portray the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. He also said that The Who influenced the song indirectly. One of these claims is ...

The Beatles’ often-covered songs tended to be soft ballads like “Yesterday,” “Michelle,” and “Here Comes the Sun.” One of The Beatles’ rare rockers that became a standard was “Helter Skelter.” There ...

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 ...

Jeff Sneider is the Senior Film Reporter at Collider, where he breaks film and television news and curates the Up-and-Comer of the Month column in addition to hosting The Sneider Cut podcast and the ...

The term helter-skelter can be defined as either disorderly confusion or a slide that spirals around a tower at an amusement park. McCartney highlighted both meanings of the term through his opening ...

UPDATE (6/22): Helter Skelter: An American Myth will now premiere on July 26 at 10 p.m. EST. UPDATE (6/5): The release date for Helter Skelter has been pushed back and it will no longer premiere on ...