>From 1992, in between videos from pearl jam, en vogue,
>arrested development, red hot chili peppers, nirvana, tlc,
>etc., sounding like a car commercial right out the gate,
>old-person pop-rock at best.

I couldn't have told you it was 1992... the song just sort of seeped into my consciousness over hte years, I guess. I would have guessed it was more like... 1986 or so.

>Recall hearing a country cover
>more recently in a store or restaurant and thinking it sounded
>more appropriate in that context, even two decades later. I
>have nothing against him, but out-of-place to me at the time.

but it turns out it's Rascal Flatts.