I’ve long considered this song to be the beginning of the musical Renaissance that was 80s music. Yes, I know it came out in 1979, but this was when music began to change from the dreadful garbage that was the 70s, which I refer to as the Dark Ages of music. I consider the 90s to be the Golden Age of music.
I think the English “new wave” music really was the spark that saved rock in roll. It brought some energy back to music.