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Originally Posted by Cherie

A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit123. The term is used to describe an artist or band who achieves mainstream popularity for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success12. Sometimes, people will only remember the name of the song, and not the singer/group behind it4

If you type one hit wonders into Google then Dexy's midnight runners are on there with "Come on Eileen" But they had other songs. "Geno" and a cover of a van Morrison song called "Jackie Wilson said" but Google says that "Come on Eileen" is a one hit wonder.