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| BPM = 100| versions =Big Man With A Gun<br>Big Man With A Gun (''The Downward Spiral'' DE)| live =[[Self Destruct Tour]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]}}'''"Big Man With A Gun"''' is the ninth track on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' and is the most violent song on the entire album, and arguably, in NIN's entire discography.

It is rumored that the sound effect at the beginning of the song is an adult film actress in the throes of passion. The sound was reportedly run through a program by [[Tommy Lee]], who called the resulting sound "Steakhouse." The song's lyrics were also the subject of controversy when they were cited by conservatives William Bennett and C. Delores Tucker during their crusade against explicit lyrics in rap and hip-hop, egregiously mislabeling [[Nine Inch Nails]] as one of these acts.

On In the surfaceMarch 1996 issue of ''Spin Magazine'', it appears to be about a man forcing someone at gunpoint to fellate him, but [[Trent Reznor]] has said that the following about this song:<blockquote>"The record was nearing completion. I had written those lyrics pretty quickly and I didn't know if I was going to use them or not. To me, ''Downward Spiral'' builds to a certain degree of madness, then it's more changes. That would be the last stage of a commentary on delirium. So the glorification original point of violence in mainstream "Big Man With A Gun" was madness. But it was also making fun of the whole misogynistic gangsta-rap music at bulls**t. ... I listen to a lot of it, and I enjoy it. But I could do without the timedegree of misogny and hatred of women and abuse. Then, my song got misinterpreted as exactly that. It was probably a lack of being able to write. I've been taken out of context, and it's ridiculous."</blockquote>

This is the original version. Short, fast, violent, and energetic, this song contains many layers of different distorted guitar riffs, and features Reznor nearly speaking most of the lyrics with an equalizer filter on his voice. On the "March Of The Pigs" single, it does not contain the ending clip of "[[I Do Not Want This]]," as it does not transition directly from any other song.

===Big Man With A Gun (''The Downward Spiral 2004 re-releaseDE'')===In the 5.1 surround edition of the 2004 re-release of ''The Downward Spiral'', the scream sample heard at the beginning is replaced with a lower-pitched, distant wail, which echoes around the speakers.

"Big Man With A Gun" has became a semi-frequent encore on the [[Self Destruct Tour]], and had not been played live since until its appearance at the [[2009/08/23 New York, NY|Webster Hall]] performance with the rest of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Rehearsal and live footage of the song appear in brief on the Self Destruct Tourleaked ''Closure'' DVD appendage.

I’ll I'll make you suck it Maybe I’ll I'll put a hole in your head

I’m I'm hard as fucking steel, and I’ve I've got the power I’m I'm every inch a man, and I’ll I'll show you somehow

I’m I'm going to come all over you