Collaborating within a group of 15 or so, Moody embraced the everyday office musings. The casual quippings. The hourlong lunch breaks. The passersby from other companies with whom he would mingle.

Propelled mainly by teenage girls using the track as the backdrop for their moody musings, “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over,” a plaintive breakup tune from Buckley’s 1994 studio album ...