"In My Pocket" is a song by American recording artist Mandy Moore for her self-titled third studio album. It was released on May 29, 2001, by Epic Records as the lead single from the record. The teen pop song takes influences from pop rock genres and was written by Randall Barlow, Emilio Estefan, Liza Quintana, and Gian Marco Zignago. It was produced by Emilio Estefan Jr. & Randall M. Barlow. "In My Pocket" is a dance-pop and teen pop, with a Middle Eastern sound; the song was notably more mature than Moore's past material, and was an entirely different approach for her as an artist at the time.

Opening to mixed reviews from music critics, "In My Pocket" instantly entered the top 30 in Australia and New Zealand. In the United States, the single received minor success, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. However, it debuted at number two on the chart's extension, Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, on June 12, 2001. The song also reached number twenty on the Billboard Pop 100 component chart, where it charted for nine weeks.

The music video for "In My Pocket" was directed by American director Matthew Rolston, known for directing the Backstreet Boys' "Shape Of My Heart" and Janet Jackson's "Every Time". His shooting was done in Los Angeles, California, though the video is set in a nightclub in Miami with Middle-Eastern elements. The video and song are notable for portraying an increasingly provocative image, and straying from Moore's bubblegum pop roots.

After solidifying herself in the music industry with successful albums So Real and I Wanna Be With You, Moore began recording her third studio album immediately at the beginning of 2001.

Moore stated that pop was beginning to sound the same to her and that she would like to get away from bubblegum pop and introduce a more mature, rock influenced sound in her music.

"In My Pocket" contains a mix of techno/R&B beats with a Middle Eastern sound. The song was more mature than other Moore songs and was an entirely different approach for her as an artist at the time. Though the song did not achieve success, it gave Moore a more established sound and image, helping her to break through the bubblegum pop stereotype perpetuated by contemporaries such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson, all of whom she had spent much of her career previous being compared to.

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