"\"Little Boxes\" is a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963.The song is a political satire about the development of suburbia, and associated conformist middle-class attitudes. It mocks suburban tract housing as \"little boxes\" of different colors \"all made out of ticky-tacky\", and which \"all look just the same.\" \"Ticky-tacky\" is a reference to the shoddy material used in the construction of the houses."@en . . .