Why wasn't "You Could Be Mine" a bigger hit for GNR?

I remember it being pretty big at the time of its release. Was on the Terminator 2(I think) soundtrack and the video got a TON of play on MTV.

Wasn't as big as Don't Cry or November Rain, but probably the 3rd biggest on the Use Your Illusion albums.

If I recall, that became their first single during the summer of '91. I thought it was big. Think back to how big T2 was.

I think GNR just made a shite ton of videos off of those albums. 6 months later, "Don't Cry" got huge...6 months after that it became "November Rain"...then "Estranged". Of all of the videos they did in that damn near 3 year period, I'd say "You Could Be Mine" was their 4th biggest. Throw in all of the others: "Garden of Eden", "Live and Let Die", "Yesterdays"...all they did was make videos.

Loved that song.