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A helter skelter is a funfair or amusement park ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower. Users climb up inside the tower and slide down the outside, usually on a mat or hessian sack. Typically the ride will be of wooden construction and, in the case of fairground versions, designed to be disassembled to facilitate transportation between sites. The term is primarily (but not exclusively) found in the UK. In the US, they are called a "tornado slide".

In popular culture

The ride inspired the Beatles song of the same name and is also mentioned in the songs "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" from Genesis, "Ball and Chain" by XTC, "Fade In-Out" by Oasis, "Fat Gal" by Merle Travis, "Wild Child" by Enya, "American Pie" by Don McLean, "Bloodbath in Paradise" by Ozzy Osbourne, and "Black Curtains" by Megadeth. In March 2010, The Shapeshifters also released a track called "Helter Skelter". A version of the ride is featured briefly in the credit sequence of the K-On! movie as part of the music video for "Singing!"

External links

A Welter of Helter Skelters

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 [[Image:Helter skelter.jpg|thumb|A helter skelter in [[Brighton]], [[England]]]]
-A '''helter skelter''' is a [[funfair]] or [[amusement park]] ride with a slide built in a [[spiral]] around a high tower. Users climb up inside the tower and slide down the outside, usually on a mat or [[hessian (cloth)|hessian]] sack. Typically the ride will be of wooden construction and, in the case of fairground versions, designed to be disassembled to facilitate transportation between sites. The term is primarily (but not exclusively) found in [[British English|England]].  In the [[American English|US]], they are called a "tornado slide".
+A '''helter skelter''' is a [[funfair]] or [[amusement park]] ride with a slide built in a [[spiral]] around a high tower. Users climb up inside the tower and slide down the outside, usually on a mat or [[hessian (cloth)|hessian]] sack. Typically the ride will be of wooden construction and, in the case of fairground versions, designed to be disassembled to facilitate transportation between sites. The term is primarily (but not exclusively) found in the [[British English|UK]].  In the [[American English|US]], they are called a "tornado slide".
 ==In popular culture==