These labels were copies of Stiff's first single Nick Lowe's "So It Goes" / "Heart Of The City", that had been adjusted as if by someone writing on them with biro or black marker all of the information from the sticker is crossed out, and replaced with the correct information for the single (i.e. "So It Goes" is crossed out and "Sueperman's Big Sister" is written by it).
The inspiration behind the song is supposedly a picture of a 'Teddy Girl' (a female counterpart for Teddy Boys), possibly the same image used for the single's sleeve, and its lyric tells the story of a chauvinistic, cocky man whose ideas on the opposite sex are radically changed by a relationship with a woman so imposing she could well be 'superman's big sister'.
At one point she is so rough/domineering with him he even considers homosexuality ('if I'd gone on the turn dear') the two eventually break-up but remain friends, according to the song's narrator, for fear of repercussions if they did not.
With its narrator who thinks that 'a bit of treatment' (sex) is all that's needed is shown the error of his ways by a dominant, independent woman.
[citation needed] The song is co-written by Wilko Johnson, formerly of influential pub-rock band Dr. Feelgood, who had joined the band as a replacement for Ian Dury's former co-writer Chas Jankel, who had left to pursue a solo career, and features string arrangements by Ivor Raymonde (who also composed the string arrangements for "Fucking Ada", the song's B-side on its 12" release).