1984 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade. 1984 may also refer to: Related to Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a 1949 novel by George Orwell 1984 (Westinghouse Studio One), a 1953 television adaptation for CBS Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme), a 1954 BBC television adaptation 1984 (1956 film), a 1956 film adaptation Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film), a 1984 film adaptation 1984 (opera), a 2005 opera adaptation composed by Lorin Maazel 1984 (play), a 2013 play adaptation by Robert Icke and Duncan MacMillan Music Albums 1984 (Yusef Lateef album), 1965 1984, an album by Hugh Hopper, 1973 1984 (Anthony Phillips album), 1981 1984 (Rick Wakeman album), 1981 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother), a soundtrack album by Eurythmics for the film Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984 1984 (Van Halen album), released as MCMLXXXIV 1984 (Praxis album), 1997 1984 (Roger Miret and the Disasters album), 2005 "1984", an album by Alix Perez, 2009 1984 (EP), by Ryan Adams, 2014 1984 (Joan of Arc album), 2018 Songs "1984", a song by Spirit, 1969 "1984" (song), a song by David Bowie, 1974 "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" (song), a 1984 song by the Eurythmics "1984", a song by Van Halen from the album 1984 "1984", a song by Nash the Slash, 1984 "1984", a song by Hong Kong duo Swing Other uses 1984 (magazine), a Warren comic book series "1984" (advertisement), a commercial for the Apple Macintosh See also Nineteen Eighty-Four in popular media Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four American Horror Story: 1984, the ninth season of American Horror Story 1Q84, a 2009 novel written by Haruki Murakami Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?, a 1969 samizdat essay by Andrei Amalrik