The 11 Best-Selling "One Hit Wonders" Of All Time

There are two kinds of one-hit wonders: The ones that march through the decades in infamy...and the ones that peak and then are forgotten, until they resurface in a trivia question. Or in a semi-ironic playlist.

"Business Insider" has a list of the top-selling one-hit wonders over the years. There's no precise definition of a 'one-hit wonder,' just artists who had one single that vastly outperformed any of their other tracks.

Here's the list:

1. "Somebody That I Used To Know", Gotye, 2011, 8x platinum

2. "Eye of the Tiger", Survivor, 1982, 8x platinum

3. "Let Her Go", Passenger, 2012, 6x platinum

4. "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)", Silentó, 2015, 6x platinum

5. "Panda", Desiigner, 2015, 5x platinum

6. "Ridin'", Chamillionaire, 2006, 4x platinum

7. "Like A G6", Far East Movement, 2010, 4x platinum

8. "Lips of An Angel", Hinder, 2006, 4x platinum

9. "Macarena", Los del Rio, 1993, 4x platinum...The English-language remix came out two years later, in 1995.

10. "Hey There Delilah", Plain White T's, 2006, 4x platinum

11. "Whoomp! (There It Is)", Tag Team, 1993, 4x platinum

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