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
AldÉRic-French
Mcclure[mə'kluə]
Wolfe[wulf]
Ganesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Nepali
Onur-Turkish
Travis['trævis]