The term 'one-hit wonder' is often attributed to the music industry and a performer whose success is derived from a single, signature track that completely consumes any future work and deprives it of the chance to proposer. Think Chesney Hawkes' appropriately titled 'The One and Only', Soft Cell with their synth pop classic "Tainted Love" and even Vanilla Ice's immortal 'Ice Ice Baby'. They are just a few examples of the artists and songs that have hit the mainstream popularity spotlight and subsequently plateau for the remainder of their career. A similar phenomenon exists in football that we like to call the one-season wonder. Players who set the world alight for a single campaign before dropping back through the portal into obscurity never to be seen or heard from again. Here at Newcastle United we've experienced our fair share of Cheney Hawkes' in years gone by albeit largely in a non-traditional sense. Loic Remy is the freshest example we can offer. The French striker banged in 14 goals for us last season but most likely won't be returning to St James' Park with a move to a club competing in the Champions League now in the offing and is bound for future success. But lets not detract away from the fact that we love the football equivalent of the one-hit wonder enigma and here are the eight best that have lit up St James' Park for just one memorable campaign.
