"Big Boss Man" is an uptempo twelve-bar blues shuffle that features "one of the most influential Reed grooves of all time".
[1] It is credited to Jimmy Reed's manager, Al Smith, and Vee-Jay Records staff writer Luther Dixon.
[1] "Big Boss Man" was originally released on Jimmy Reed's 1960 album Found Love.
[5] In 1967, a version by Elvis Presley from the Clambake soundtrack reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
[3] Hope Sandoval recorded the song for Mercury Rev's 2019 album Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited.