"One of the Boys" is a song written by Ian Hunter and Mick Ralphs that was released on Mott the Hoople's 1972 album All the Young Dudes.

[3] Harrington regards this, and similarly themed songs that share an "unembellished" sound such as "Cum on Feel the Noize", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" and "Borstal Boys" as being influenced by the Rolling Stones and being an important step towards punk rock.

[4] Allmusic critic Dave Thompson cited the line "I borrowed [a] Gibson just to show them, and now I'm in a rock'n'roll band, I don't wanna know them/If they want a Slade, they'd better go out and grow one" to illustrate that the song gives "a five-minute lesson in how to form a great group, and how to remain one as well.

"[6] Rolling Stone critic Bud Scoppa said that "the playing off of a Keith Richards-style tense, ringing guitar against a power-chorded Led Zeppelin guitar-bass boom" "gets your attention.

[9] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated it as Mott the Hoople's 9th greatest song, saying that it is the "tightest link to [the band's] bluesy past" on the All the Young Dudes album.