"Out with the Boys" is a song by glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band White Lion

White Lion

White Lion is an American/Danish hard rock/heavy metal band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist Mike Tramp and American guitarist Vito Bratta. Mainly active in the 1980s and early 1990s, the band achieved double platinum status with their #8 hit "Wait" and #3 hit "When the...

 from their studio album Mane Attraction

Mane Attraction

Mane Attraction was the fourth studio album by the hard rock band White Lion. It was released in 1991 by Atlantic Records, and reached #61 on The Billboard 200.- Overview :...

, which charted at number 61 on The Billboard 200. The band's vocalist Mike Tramp

Mike Tramp

Mike Tramp is a Danish singer and songwriter who is best known for his work with the hard rock bands White Lion and Freak of Nature...

 wrote the song about his memories of his friends in his hometown Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

. Tramp told website Anarchy Music that he wrote the song because he missed these people and was never able to establish a similar relationship with any of his White Lion bandmates. An earlier demo version of the song features lyrics that differ from the 1991 release and seem to detail the story of a man named Vinnie and how his prized street racer was stolen from him.