[Tom]

Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot

Sorry if I am being a bit of a nomad here with my thinking but the term one hit wonder to me signifies ... you know ... one hit.

Apart from that, a certain degree of common sense needs to be upheld in addition with regard to perceptions. The Cheeky Girls? One hit wonders. The Bloodhound Gang? No.

The former were a novelty pop act who aimed for the charts, hit the mark, than buggered off. The latter are an alternative rock group who have always been popular with a certain market, and just happened to have had two hits with a wider mainstream appeal. They didn't dissapear into the backround. They just continued on with the sizeable, loyal fanbse they always had anyway.

The Cheeky Girls have been more commercially successful than Bloodhound Gang having achieved a number 2, 2 #3's, and a 10. Not one hit wonders and more commercially successful than BHG They did disappear into the background after mainstream appeal even if it was going back to where they started. Background = being active away from the mainstream.

One hit wonder is what sticks in the mind of the majority of music listeners, not amongst circles. Again you're confusing "not successful" with "one hit wonder" and this is going around in circles.