"Alex Chilton" is a song by American rock band the Replacements from their fifth studio album Pleased to Meet Me.

The song was written as a homage to Big Star frontman Alex Chilton, who was an idol of the band's who worked with them on several occasions.

He appeared as a guest musician on the album, playing guitar on the song "Can't Hardly Wait."

"[4] The line "Checkin' his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place" was inspired by a lunch meeting held between Westerberg, The Replacements' manager Peter Jesperson and Chilton.

Extra footage from these films were later used in 2020 to make a video for another track from the album, "Can't Hardly Wait."

Kory Grow of Rolling Stone called the song one of the two "all-time classics" from Pleased to Meet Me, the other being "Can't Hardly Wait.

Ultimate Classic Rock named it the band's fifth best song, while PopMatters ranked it as their seventh best, with the latter calling it "an inspired love letter from one underachiever to his antecedent.