But if you'd written the "game-changing" hit for the most successful boyband on the planet as well as one of the biggest radio hits of 2016, among many others, the pain of missing out on the Adele millions might be cushioned somewhat.
Game-changing hits in the cycling industry almost never happen — there hasn't really been one since Gary Fisher and a few other visionaries sparked the mountain-bike craze four decades ago.
Iwamura, a leadoff hitter with just six home runs during the regular season, supplied the game-changing hit in the fifth inning on an opposite-field two-run homer off Mark Buehrle, the White Sox' starter.
Not long after "MASH" became a game-changing hit, Zanuck lost his job, fired by his own father.
The red-clad masses at Nationals Park certainly ate it all up, chanting "M-V-P" at incessant Dodgers nemesis Daniel Murphy, booing Chase Utley as he failed to advance four runners, jeering Yasmani Grandal as he failed twice with the bases loaded, and dancing unhinged at the complete improbability of the game-changing hit.
During his 13-year career as a game-changing N.F.L. linebacker, Lawrence Taylor hit opponents so hard he often made them see stars.
Borrowing the phrase used by Barack Obama to describe any confirmed use of chemical weapons, Israeli officials said they had hit "game-changing" weapons.
Nas feted the game-changing album — it officially hits the milestone a week later — during his late night set on the Outdoor stage.
"That ranks right up there at the top," said Fisher, who hit countless game-changing 3-pointers during the Lakers' title runs earlier this decade.
The Tesla Model 3 promises to be a game-changing electric car when it hits roads next year.
After Phil Coke and Al Alburquerque allowed two hits and a run in the seventh, Leyland had Drew Smyly get out David Ortiz and Mike Napoli, who had each hit game-changing homers this series.
