one-hit wonder



one-hit wonder

A musician or band that only has one successful song during their music career. I'm surprised that band was a one-hit wonder. I enjoyed several songs on their album, but only the one big single ever got radio play.
See also: wonder

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mchumba-Eastern African, Swahili
Barica-Croatian
Draga-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Faiga-Yiddish
Haizea-Basque
Heleenhay-LAY:NDutch