Penulis Lagu
Kurt Cobain

Waktu Penulisan
1988

Waktu Rekaman
- Juni-September 1988 Reciprocal Recording [Seattle, WA]
- 20 Maret 1990 Studio Televisi
The Evergreen State College
[Olympia, WA]

Judul Alternatif
- Make Me
- Big Chief

Catatan
- Menurut Nirvana Testament, "Big Cheese" didedikasikan untuk Poneman, karena Nirvana menganggap dia terlalu paternalistik.
- Lagu ini adalah tentang tekanan yang dialami band, karena diletakkan di bawah/di anak tirikan untuk menyenangkan manajer mereka, atau dalam hal ini, "Big Cheese". Banyak spekulasi bahwa Kurt Cobain mungkin telah menulis ini secara khusus tentang produser SubPop Jonathan Poneman, tetapi yang lain berpikir bahwa lagu ini tak lebih dari generalisasi.
Big Cheese dalam UrbanDictionary berarti Seseorang yang berpengetahuan/berkepentingan dan berdiri lebih tinggi di suatu daerah.

Lirik Alternatif
Alt 1
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'go to the office'
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'what'd I say?'

Black is black,straight back
Need more enemies
Show you all what a man is

Big lies, make my
Mine says, 'go to the office'
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'what'd I say?'

Black is black, straight back
Need more enemies
She is glue, how are you?

Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'go to the office'
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'what the hell'

Black is black, straight back
Need more enemies
She is glue, how are you?

Black is black, straight back
Need more enemies
Show you all what a man is
She is glue, how are you?
Need more enemies
Show you all what a man is
Ohhhhh,
nice

Alt 2
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'go to the office'
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'what'd I say?'

Black is black, (no) trading back
We were enemies
Show you all what a man is

Big lies, make my
Mine says, 'go to the office'
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'what'd I say?'

Black is black, (no) trading back
We were enemies
She eats glue, how 'bout you?
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'go to the office'
Big cheese, make me
Mine says, 'what the hell'

Black is black, (no) trading back
We were enemies
She eats glue, how 'bout you?
Black is black, (no) trading back
We were enemies
Show you all what a man is
She eats glue, how 'bout you?
We were enemies
Show you all what a man is
Ohhhhh,
nice