MTV once referred to Fatboy Slim’s video as “technically and artistically substandard” and refused to play it. The label gave Fatboy one (or many) of those classic speeches about how nobody’s going to play it and the artist will be ruined … Fatboy Slim refused to change it.

VH1 picked it up at some point, it became a sort of viral hit, before the internet. A few months later, the video won an MTV award, and an MTV Europe award because, of course, MTV recognizes artistry.

Aside from the video, let’s just take a moment to appreciate what a master of sampling Fatboy Slim is.

• Camille Yarbrough – Take Yo’ Praise
• Hoyt Axton – Balance and Rehearsal (documents the recording of the track “Captain America”)
• Steve Miller Band – Lucky Man
• Fatboy Slim — Praise You