What rock song do you think had the best use of an instrument atypical of rock music?

For this topic the criteria are as follows:

1. The instrument is one that rarely, if ever, appears in rock music
2. The instrument is prominent enough in the song to be an integral part of the song
3. The use of the instrument has to add something special to the song that you wouldn't expect when used in a rock song

Easily, in my opinion, I think that medal has to go to AC/DC with It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll) for the bagpipes. To make the bagpipes sound like they always belonged in rock music is something special.

 

This is what I instantly thought of.

 

Also….
Bagpipes in “Mull of Kintyre”

 

I was thinking Queen would have a lot of unusual instruments, the ukulele springs to mind, but they tend to be in their not rockin' tracks. There's a lot of unusual sounds on tracks like The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke from Queen II, Freddie playing harpsichord and there's castanets in there too.

 

Oingo Boingo's "Grey Matter" prominently features some custom made "rumbaphones." They appear throughout the song but take center stage around 2:50.

 

Snakeskin shudraga in " Exquisite Eye " by Shanz 3 (from Mongolia)

Шанз гурав хамтлаг шанз рок клип

 

Radiohead's No Surprises makes a good use of the xylophone.

 

Drummer Sean Moore's trumpet solo in "Kevin Carter"

 

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

What do I win?

 

French Horn in Pictures Of Lily

 

Ween "Ocean Man" - Mandolin

(I'll leave the floor open for someone else to post "Losing My Religion")

 

Slade - Coz I Luv You features electric violin played by Jim Lea.

 

Xylophone in Space Oddity

 

Rolling Stones - Paint it Black. Sitar by Brian Jones

 

Or Maggie May . . .

 

the 'ondes martenot' on radiohead's 'the national anthem' ...



the ondes martenot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aflcF0-ys

 

Yellowcard uses violin which is definitely not common to rock.

 

Not sure the sitar fits OP criteria...was common all over in the 60's music...sowhat the heck ..Yardbirds "Heart Full of Soul"

 

The (killer) Typewriter jam on ‘China My China’ from Eno’s Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy).

 

Brian Jones and his marimba on Under My Thumb

 

I really miss flutes and mandolin.

Ocarina: Troggs - Wild Thing

 

Or "Mandolin Wind".

 

The anvil in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"?

 

Chimes in The Cure - “Plainsong”

 

Oh not, not Mull of Fr*ggin' Kintyre. This is about a million times better: