Boss of Me

"Boss of Me"
Single by They Might Be Giants
from the album Mink Car and Music from Malcolm in the Middle
B-side	"Reprehensible"
Released	July 16, 2001
Recorded	1999
Genre	Ska punk[1]
Length	2:56
Label	Restless / PIAS (EU) Restless / Shock (AU) Rykodisc (US)
Songwriter(s)	John Flansburgh, John Linnell
Producer(s)	Pat Dillett, John Flansburgh, John Linnell
They Might Be Giants singles chronology
"'Doctor Worm'" (1998) "Boss of Me" (2001) "'Man, It's So Loud in Here'" (2001)

"Boss of Me" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. The song is famously used as the opening theme song for the television show Malcolm in the Middle, and was released as the single from the soundtrack to the show. In 2002, "Boss of Me" won the band their first Grammy Award, in the category of Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The song was one of the band's most commercially successful singles and is one of their best-known songs. The song was originally written with the chorus "Who's gonna guess the dead guy in the envelope" for a contest presented by the Preston and Steve show during their Y-100 days.