Perhaps you are too old. That's likely the case. But no song has ever signaled such a marked shifted in music.

All other sings were merely insanely popular in their time, but were still products of the current music scene. SLTS had no radio airplay--it came from the underground, took over the mainstream, and sent every major label executive out the very next day to find the next grunge or punk band. Without you have no Green Day, no Blink 182, and no Beyonce.