With its driving rhythms and erratically performed vocals, "Helter Skelter" is primal enough to be considered a metal song. But, oddly, the Beatles couldn't have explored such musical depths were ...

When U2 recorded “Helter Skelter” for Rattle and Hum, Bono prefaced the tune by saying, “This is the song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles; we’re stealing it back.” ...