- This is a cover of the 1968 Beatles song. U2 recorded it live at McNichols arena in Denver on November 8, 1987.
- Helter Skelter represented how they felt towards the end of their Joshua Tree tour. The demands of the film crews following them for the Rattle And Hum documentary and the rigors of the tour were wearing them down.
- Bono introduced this by saying: "This is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles, well we're stealin' it back." Charles Manson's followers wrote "Helter Skelter" in blood when they killed Sharon Tate and her friends. He interpreted the title as being about an imminent race war and apocalypse.
- In 1989, U2's song "Exit" was cited by stalker Robert John Bardo as inciting him to kill actress Rebecca Schaeffer. Charles Manson had claimed "Helter Skelter" as an influence on his killing spree.
- This appears in the black-and-white sequence of the movie Rattle And Hum.
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