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
Prosenjit-Bengali
ArielAR-ee-əl (English), ER-ee-əl (English), AY-ree-əl (English)Hebrew, English, French, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Pankratios-Ancient Greek
Corona[kə'rəunə]
LexieLEKS-eeEnglish
MirjaMEER-yahFinnish