# Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [April 11, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nineteen-hundred-and-eighty-five/939814 "2021-04-11T19:06:28Z")\
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Well, could be the [Mellotron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron) which Wikipedia says was an instrument used in the song.

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