It's annoying when people say "My station always plays..." or "I always hear..." Well, one person's experience doesn't make something true in a general sense.
A few years ago when we used to have full Mediabase info, Mariah and Luther's "Endless Love" got more recurrent play than the original. That is evidence of it enduring more. I would still say the original is more known, but I don't have actual proof of that.