You've heard it. You might not know it, but you have. It's shown up in ads ranging from Old Spice to Reebok, countless movie soundtracks and trailers like SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT and even the opening of Ozzy Osbourne's stage show. It's the boisterous vocals of "O Fortuna." Recently the Latin cantata was used to advertise Guinness Beer and an amusement park ride. Currently the song is promoting Spicy Pringles potato chips.

Do you know anything about this famous piece of choral music? The song is from an opera called "Carmina Burana" written by the German composer Carl Orff in the 1930s. "Carmina Burana" is actually the name given to a collection of 250 13th century poems, songs and plays found in a German abbey in the early 1800s.

Orff: Carmina Burana Intercord Rudolf Knoll, Carl Orff, Kurt Prestel, Salzburg Mozarteum Choir & Orchestra, Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Gerda Hartman, Richard Brunner Amazon Music Price: