A band or singer that everyone forgets about after their
hit song runs its natural course into obscurity, because they can never get back onto the charts again. Most
one-
hit-wonders are that way because either they can'
t write their own songs, or their own songs are
crap.
Crossover songs and artists are sometimes mistaken for
One-Hit-Wonders, because listeners outside their genre don't know who they are. Anyone unfortunate enough to make this mistake is likely to be taken to task by numerous members of the artist's following, because it takes quite a good artist to pull off a crossover hit.
Your own songs just aren't going to cut it. Go find a hit song that no
one else has covered in at least 20 years, so the teen audience will think it's new, and maybe you can be a
One-hit-wonder.
Some
One-Hit-Wonders:
Dean Friedman
Right Said Fred
Gary Numan
Soft Cell
Sammy Johns
The Reflections
The Electric Prunes
The Elegants
Bobby Dray