Editing Fatboy Slim (section)

=== 1998–1999: ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' and international success ===
In 1998, Cook's remix of "[[Renegade Master]]" by [[Wildchild (rapper)|Wildchild]] reached number three on the UK singles chart, and his remix of "[[Brimful of Asha]]" by [[Cornershop]] reached number one.<ref name="Doyle-2017" /> Cook said the tracks represented a creative breakthrough: "That's when I was like, I've nailed it now, I've got the formula."<ref name="Doyle-2017" /> He began receiving interest from artists such as [[Madonna]] and [[Robbie Williams]].<ref name="O'Brien-1998" /> He turned down an offer from the [[Pet Shop Boys]] to produce their next album, as he liked their music but felt it did not suit his style.<ref name="O'Brien-1998" />

For his second album,''[[You've Come a Long Way, Baby]]'' (1998), Cook aimed to create a coherent album using "all the ideas that had been brewing and fermenting" in the big beat scene.<ref name="Cardew-2023">{{Cite web |last=Cardew |first=Ben |date=2023-10-19 |title=Fatboy Slim's ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' at 25: Norman Cook's rock & roll opus |url=https://djmag.com/features/fatboy-slims-youve-come-long-way-baby-25-norman-cooks-rock-roll-opus |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=[[DJ Mag]] |language=en}}</ref> He created three successful singles in one week: "[[The Rockafeller Skank]]", "[[Praise You]]" and "[[Right Here, Right Now (Fatboy Slim song)|Right Here, Right Now]]".<ref name="Doyle-2017" /> "Praise You" was the first Fatboy Slim UK number-one single,<ref name="Doyle-2017" /> and its music video, directed by [[Spike Jonze]], won numerous awards.<ref name="BBC stardom">{{cite news |date=7 September 2001 |title=Norman Cook's long way to stardom |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1530530.stm |access-date=20 May 2010 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> On 9 September 1999, Cook performed "Praise You" at the [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards]] in New York City and won three awards, including [[MTV Video Music Award – Breakthrough Video|Breakthrough Video]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/mtvvmas.htm|title=1999 MTV Video Music Awards|publisher=Rockonthenet.com|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Michaels-2008">{{cite news |last1=Michaels |first1=Sean |date=15 May 2008 |title=Fatboy Slim is no more |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/15/clubs |access-date=19 July 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Four days later, ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'' was [[certified platinum]].<ref name="Shoup-2024" /> That year, Cook won the [[Brit Award for Best British Dance Act]].<ref name="Rogers-2012">{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Simon |date=2012-02-22 |title=Brit awards winners list 2012: every winner since 1977 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/feb/22/brit-awards-winners-list-2012 |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>

Fatboy Slim tracks were used extensively in adverts, film and television. Cook said: "I make a certain kind of instrumental music they like using. You can hear 15 seconds of my stuff and it makes complete sense."<ref name="Shoup-2024" /> In 1999, he married the [[BBC]] presenter [[Zoe Ball]], triggering attention from the [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid media]].<ref name="Nichols-2011" />