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