I had a similar experience looking for a background track in an episode of This American Life. I couldn't remember which episode it was, and none of the lyrics were in English. Pretty sure I went through backwards through the episodes and listened to all the credited songs to find it. The song was 69 Police by David Holmes, which still feels perfect to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWissIWxqKk
On the topic of background music, tons of original background music copies/imitates famous stuff. Sometimes it's "I wanted the sound of X but couldn't afford it", but there are some in-jokes in there too. Wish I could remember some examples.
On the topic of background music, tons of original background music copies/imitates famous stuff. Sometimes it's "I wanted the sound of X but couldn't afford it", but there are some in-jokes in there too. Wish I could remember some examples.