"Institutionalized" is a song penned by frontman Mike Muir for Suicidal Tendencies' 1983 self-titled debut album. It is often classified as the band's signature song and would be re-recorded for the album Still Cyco After All These Years ten years later. The 1993 version was nominated for the Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 1994. The song follows "Mike", presumably a teenage Mike Muir, through a series of social conflicts with friends and, more significantly, parents.

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