Top 10 Songs Featuring a Mellotron

The Top Ten
1 The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
2 Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
3 Changes - Black Sabbath
4 2000 Light Years from Home - The Rolling Stones

The best space rock song.

5 Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
6 Space Oddity - David Bowie
7 Watcher of the Skies - Genesis

The keyboard intro is all Mellotron; when I heard it, I was immediately transfixed by the tonality and the depth of the sound.

8 Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis
9 And You and I - Yes

I had completely forgotten about this song. I was thinking about it and realized that it does have a Mellotron on it. Strings, to be more specific.

10 The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
The Contenders
11 Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
12 See Saw - Pink Floyd
13 Exit Music (For a Film) - Radiohead

The choir sounds in the background are from a Mellotron. It also sounds like Jonny Greenwood used it on The Tourist (please don't quote me on that, though).
Edit: Turns out, it was indeed used on The Tourist.

14 Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers
15 She's a Jar - Wilco
16 We Love You - The Rolling Stones

Brian Jones played the rhythmic horn parts on a Mellotron. George Chkiantz, the studio engineer, said that he was impressed by Brian's ability to get a tight performance because of the fact that a Mellotron has a slight delay between pressing the key and hearing the sound.

17 Starless - King Crimson
18 Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Wonderwall - Oasis

That cello you hear during the song is actually Bonehead (the rhythm guitarist) playing a Mellotron. Oasis also used one on Don't Look Back in Anger, Cast No Shadow, Falling Down, The Hindu Times, Go Let It Out, and Magic Pie.

20 Phenomenal Cat - The Kinks

From "The Village Green Preservation Society". The flute parts throughout the song come from a Mellotron.
Edit: So does the electric guitar.

21 Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Producer Al Kooper added Mellotron strings to the song. He did the same thing for Free Bird, but the strings on Free Bird are out of tune.

22 Turn the Page - Bob Seger

Bob Seger's keyboardist played a Mellotron on it, live. Just touring with a Mellotron takes a lot of gumption.

23 Dream On - Aerosmith

The strings that you hear in the background are played on a Mellotron.

24 Phaedra - Tangerine Dream
25 Epitaph - King Crimson
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