7. Let Us Be Glad!

Mozart is famous for plenty of classical compositions, but this song is not one of them. Around 1782, Mozart composed a piece called Leck Mich Im Arsch. This title is in German, but we don’t think a translation is necessary. You can probably get it if you read it hard enough…

This piece was never published when Mozart was alive. It was most likely a song created as a joke for his friends. The piece, along with the explicit lyrics, were discovered when Mozart’s widow turned over his personal papers to publishers after his death. The raunchy song was heavily censored and changed to “Let Us Be Glad!” The song was wildly different and way more family-friendly. The true, original lyrics weren’t rediscovered until 1991!