Released You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

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. He created three successful singles in one week: ” The Rockafeller Skank “, ” Praise You ” and ” Right Here, Right Now “. “Praise You” was the first Fatboy Slim UK number-one single, and its music video, directed by Spike Jonze , won numerous awards. At the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City, Cook performed “Praise You” and won three awards, including Breakthrough Video . Four days later, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby was certified platinum . That year, Cook won the Brit Award for Best British Dance Act . He also married the BBC presenter Zoe Ball , triggering attention from the tabloid media .