Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (sometimes written as "1985") is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released as the final track on their 1973 album Band on the Run. It has been featured on the 2001 documentary DVD Wingspan and Paul McCartney and Wings' 1974 TV special One Hand Clapping. A 2016 remix of the song was nominated for a Grammy Award. The song was referenced in Brett Easton Ellis’s novel Glamorama, driving a group of fictional supermodels to extreme terrorist acts.

This article is about the 1974 song. For the year, see 1985. For other uses, see 1985 (disambiguation).
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
Single by Paul McCartney and Wings
from the album Band on the Run
A-side"Band on the Run"
Released28 June 1974
RecordedOctober 1973
StudioAIR Studios, London, UK
Genre
Length5:29
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Paul McCartney
Wings singles chronology
"Jet"
(1974)		 "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
(1974)		 "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
(1974)
Official audio
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" on YouTube
Band on the Run track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Band on the Run"
  2. "Jet"
  3. "Bluebird"
  4. "Mrs. Vandebilt"
  5. "Let Me Roll It"
Side two
  1. "Mamunia"
  2. "No Words"
  3. "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"
  4. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
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