The big hits can be a trap. It’s worse if it’s a song they don’t like. Quiet Riot didn’t even want to record Cum On Feel the Noise, then they got stuck playing it every single night. Some artists can get away with just playing whatever they want, but that usually requires having a big catalog in many different styles so “that song” is sometimes just not a good fit. Zappa wouldn’t take a band on the road until they could play 3 shows of material with no repeats, he hated grinding songs. Devo has had a couple “deep tracks” tours, largely to avoid playing Whip It which they kind of hate. Jethro Tull periodically rearrange the unavoidable songs like Aqualung just to keep it interesting to play.
Surviving having a signature hit is a challenge nobody warns bands about.
Aww poor babies, people pay good money to their shows, what crybabies.
That's one risk of doing cover songs - you might never write and perform one of your own to match or exceed it. After that, you have to play the best tune you never wrote lest listeners think you're just phoning it in with your other songs.
You also can't stray to far from the original and your cover version that became popular because listeners now hold you to it, whereas if it's your own song, especially modified over time, fans embrace what you've done with it.
The big hits can be a trap. It’s worse if it’s a song they don’t like.
Warrant and “Cherry Pie”, is a classic case. They hated that song, but they were forced to do it.