One of The Boys (song)

"One of the Boys" is a single released by Mott the Hoople, in Canada, Germany, Netherlands and the United States, although not in the UK.

The song was featured in an episode of the BBC Television drama series, Life on Mars.

The song's subject matter refers to 'being one of the boys' - the state that exists when a young male comes out with his friends for a night of drinking, poker, or debauchery, for example. The song uses the same chord progression as "Can't Get Enough", a hit for Mick Ralphs' next band, Bad Company.

Mott the Hoople
  • Ian Hunter
  • Mick Ralphs
  • Verden Allen
  • Pete Overend Watts
  • Dale "Buffin" Griffin
  • Ariel Bender
  • Morgan Fisher
  • Mick Ronson
  • Mick Bolton
  • Guy Stevens
Studio albums
Mott the Hoople
  • Mott the Hoople (1969)
  • Mad Shadows (1970)
  • Wildlife (1971)
  • Brain Capers (1971)
  • All the Young Dudes (1972)
  • Mott (1973)
  • The Hoople (1974)
Mott
  • Drive On (1975)
  • Shouting and Pointing (1976)
British Lions
  • British Lions (1977)
  • Trouble with Women (1982)
Live albums
  • Live (1974)
  • Original Mixed Up Kids - The BBC Recordings (1996)
  • Rock 'n' Roll Circus Live (2000)
  • Two Miles from Live Heaven (2001)
  • Mott the Hoople Live - 30th Anniversary Edition (2004)
  • Live Fillmore West (2006)
  • Fairfields Halls, Live 1970 (2007)
Compilation albums
  • Rock and Roll Queen (1972/1974)
  • Greatest Hits (1976)
  • Shades of Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople (1979)
  • Two Miles from Heaven (1980)
  • All the Way From Memphis (1981)
  • The Collection: Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople (1988)
  • Walkin' With a Mountain (1990)
  • Ballad of Mott the Hoople - A Retrospective (1993)
  • All the Young Dudes: The Anthology (1998)
  • A Tale of Two Cities (2001)
  • Family Anthology (2005)
Singles
  • "Rock and Roll Queen"
  • "Thunderbuck Ram"
  • "Midnight Lady"
  • "Downtown"
  • "All the Young Dudes"
  • "One of the Boys"
  • "Sweet Jane"
  • "Lay Down"
  • "Honaloochie Boogie"
  • "All the Way from Memphis"
  • "Roll Away the Stone"
  • "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll"
  • "Foxy, Foxy"
  • "Saturday Gigs"
Related articles
  • Discography

Famous quotes containing the word boys:

    “In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys’ bodies change and that changes everything else. But the memories are not erased of that safest time in the lives of men, when their prime concern was playing games with guys who just wanted to be their friendly competitors. Life never again gets so simple.”
    —Frank Pittman (20th century)