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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a one-man band
  • strike up the band
  • play first chair
  • ask me one on sport
  • in absentia
  • neither can (one)
  • Neither can I
  • be on song
  • shade into
  • shade into (something)
References in periodicals archive
ROB CROSS reckons he has silenced the haters who branded him a flukey one-hit wonder.
I'm glad I can Cross out any flukey tags
GERAINT THOMAS will not beat himself up if his Yellow Jersey turns out to be a one-hit wonder on the Tour de France.
Geraint's nothing to prove
The famous one-hit wonder, the Macarena, is currently celebrating 25 years since topping the charts, and to celebrate Meccabingo.com has created its own Meccarena version.
WIRRAL
He was no one-hit wonder either, as he went on to produce three decades' worth of hugely influential music - followed by six years of silence.
Gary Numan:[...]
Dahlia, London APOPPIES tend to be a one-hit wonder, so unlikely.
ASK DAVID
Top of the pops or a one-hit wonder? 6 My poppies have been fantastic - the best ever.
Q&A
AND EastEnders one-hit wonder Vincent "Richard Blackwood" Hubbard: "One minute you're somebody everybody wants to know.
TOPDRAWER TELLY
It has been ten long years since anyone not named Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray had been able to boast of being anything other than a one-hit wonder.
Wawrinka bursts Big Four's bubble with backhand bullets
MARTIN Kaymer's friends may only have been joking when they labelled him a one-hit wonder, but the 29-year-old will take the perfect riposte back to Germany - the US Open trophy.
Kaymer no longer a one-hit wonder; gOLF
London, May 17 ( ANI ): Kylie Minogue has revealed that she was suppose to be a one-hit wonder but has been baffled by her own fame.
'Baffled' Kylie Minogue says she was supposed to be 'one-hit wonder'
JADE JONES is determined not to be a "one-hit wonder" after realising her dream of becoming Britain's first Olympic taekwondo champion.
THIS IS JUST THE START; OLYMPIC CHAMPION JADE HUNGRY FOR MORE Jade: I'm no one-hit wonder
With this sell-out gig in Wales, will he finally achieve his dream of being more than a one-hit wonder?
BEST ROCKER
A 'ONE-HIT wonder' is a term used to describe musicians whom are known mainly for only one hit single.
More than just a one-hit wonder
pompey-chris Not even the great Lester Piggott won and, as per usual, some one-hit wonder will win.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Now they're back with a second album that proves the twentysomething Garza brothers, who comprise the band, are nobody's one-hit wonder.
Sacred