Pop hit by Journey (5)
I believe the answer is:
tango
'pop' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'hit by journey' is the wordplay.
'hit' becomes 'tan' (tan can mean to beat or hit).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'journey' becomes 'go' (journey means to go or travel).
'tan'+'go'='TANGO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tango that I've seen before include "Argentinian dance form" , "Letter T in radio comms" , "Rhythmic movement" , "tee" , "Dance; T (radio comms.)" .)