"Missed the Boat" is a song by American indie rock band Modest Mouse and is the sixth track on their 2007 album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

The song was released as the second single from that album and peaked at #24 in Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

[1] James Mercer of The Shins sings backup vocals on "Missed the Boat".

[2] In 2007, Apple Inc. and Modest Mouse asked fans to direct and film a video for the song.

This song appears in the Scrubs episode "My Waste of Time" at the end of the show.