Is Mike Perry a One Hit Wonder?

The Hero Song

The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin)

855,305,397 streams

ONE HIT WONDER

Yes. By the streaming numbers, Mike Perry is a one hit wonder. "The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin)" has 855,305,397 streams, against 144,998,119 for their next biggest song "Hands", a ratio of 5.9x. JustOneHit certifies an artist as a one hit wonder when that ratio is 5.0 or higher.

Ratio

5.9x

Hit Streams

855.3M

Verdict

Certified One Hit Wonder

One Hit Wonder Meter

LEGEND
One Hit Wonder

Mike Perry · 5.9x ratio

Streams Comparison

The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin) 855,305,397
Hands 144,998,119
Stay Young 112,205,491
Talk About It 111,512,514
Inside the Lines (feat. Casso) 111,106,691
Body to Body 77,260,437
One Life 71,223,826
By Your Side 52,924,371
Changes 52,496,669
If I Ruled The World 37,001,531

Other Songs

Tracks 2–10 by streams

2. Hands 144,998,119
3. Stay Young 112,205,491
4. Talk About It 111,512,514
5. Inside the Lines (feat. Casso) 111,106,691
6. Body to Body 77,260,437
7. One Life 71,223,826
8. By Your Side 52,924,371
9. Changes 52,496,669
10. If I Ruled The World 37,001,531

The Story

Mike Perry is a Swedish DJ and producer who broke through internationally with one breezy, summery dance-pop single. "The Ocean", released in 2016 with the singer Shy Martin, was a warm, tropical-house-tinged track perfect for the season, and it became a genuine hit across Europe and beyond.

He is an active producer with a steady stream of releases, and within dance music he is a working name rather than a one-off. But on streaming, that one single has pulled clearly ahead of everything else he has made.

On streaming, "The Ocean" sits near 847 million plays, while his next most-streamed track, "Hands", trails at around 144 million. That puts the ratio at about 5.9, over our 5.0 line.

By our measure Mike Perry is a certified one-hit wonder, with the caveat that always applies to working dance producers. The genre runs on individual hits more than career arcs, and he remains busy, but on streams one perfectly judged summer single still does considerably more work than everything else in his catalogue combined. In dance music, that is closer to the rule than the exception.

Sources

By The JustOneHit Editorial Team Last updated 23 May 2026