5 x Platinum (certified last month) vs 2 x Platinum for "Everything I Do" (certified in 1991).Yeah, exactly. For example Bryan Adams Summer of 69 wasn't even a UK top 40 hit, yet is pretty much his most well known song outside of Everything I do...
We've hit a period where the afterlife of a song is extended through regular cover versions, TV/film syncs and viral fame. Historic chart positions don't count for shit.