norman cook (also known as fatboy slim) sampled the bass line for beats international's 1990 song "dub be good to me", which became a #1 hit in the uk. simonon, interviewed by scott rowley in october 1999 for "bassist magazine", said that he "was surprised that it became number one that was quite shocking. and the fact that it was my performance that they had lifted. the smart thing would've been to copy it and change it slightly, but they just lifted it straight off. so, really, i have done "top of the pops", but i met up with norman [cook] and we came to an arrangement which was much needed at the time. but i thought it was a really good idea and it was quite reassuring for that to happen to my first song."