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
AeschylusES-kəl-əs (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Helena['helinə]
Rosinha-Portuguese
Sukhrab-Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Gayle[geil]
HalHALEnglish