# funny songs to be my ringtone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553 "2009-07-10T13:40:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/1 "2009-07-10T13:40:21Z")
got a new phone, and like many today it has the option to play real songs as ringtones. I would be satisfied with the Who’s _Who are You_ if it wasn’t for being the CSI theme. May use it anyway… any other thoughts? Blondie - Call Me, A Ha - Who Can it Be Now? etc? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/2 "2009-07-10T14:05:32Z")
Mod Flanders Conspiracy [This Is How To Use The Three Sea Shells](http://www.lyricstime.com/mod-flanders-conspiracy-this-is-how-to-use-the-three-sea-shells-lyrics.html) Page includes a link to a ringtone. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/3 "2009-07-10T14:24:36Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > A Ha - Who Can it Be Now? Actually, that’s Men At Work, and that was going to be my suggestion. A couple that I have that are humorous, in that vein: Yes – Long Distance Runaround ELO – Telephone Line ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/4 "2009-07-10T15:31:40Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > any other thoughts? Blondie - Call Me I think “Hanging On The Telephone” is a better Blondie song to use as a ringtone. From the same era, you could use the portion of Pink Floyd’s “Dirty Woman” that contains the phone call to the US. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/5 "2009-07-10T15:36:51Z")
I once told my husband that he should see if he could get a custom ringtone for a particularly annoying relative’s incoming calls. It should be the Alan Parsons Project’s “Don’t Answer Me.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/6 "2009-07-10T15:50:15Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I once told my husband that he should see if he could get a custom ringtone for a particularly annoying relative’s incoming calls. It should be the Alan Parsons Project’s “Don’t Answer Me.” Good one! I’ve got ELO’s “Evil Woman” on my phone, but I don’t dare use that as a personalized ringtone for anyone. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/7 "2009-07-10T15:50:44Z")
“Leave Me Alone” by Helen Reddy. Except for the fact that it’s Helen Reddy. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/8 "2009-07-10T16:01:31Z")
Still in the ELO vein, you could use “Calling America” for overseas calls. Also: Tommy Tutone, 867-5309. Great. Now that song’s gonna reverberate in my head all day…TRM ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/9 "2009-07-10T16:15:05Z")
I [win](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spz8_rpE0e0). ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/10 "2009-07-10T16:16:58Z")
My buddy had a ringtone that sang, really loud, “Beeeeeeer! I love beer, I love beer. BEEER! Let’s go drink some beer. BEEEERR!” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/11 "2009-07-10T17:23:00Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > I [win](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spz8_rpE0e0). Only if your phone has an app that provides a mob of busty women to chase you around, and a little bald old man whose head you can pat. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/12 "2009-07-10T17:33:55Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I think “Hanging On The Telephone” is a better Blondie song to use as a ringtone. > > From the same era, you could use the portion of Pink Floyd’s “Dirty Woman” that contains the phone call to the US. I use Def Leppard’s cover of Blondie’s “Hanging on the Telephone” it greatly amuses me when I hear the part “If you don’t answer, I’ll just ring it off the wall – don’t leave me hangin’ on the telephone” ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/13 "2009-07-10T17:43:27Z")
I had “London Calling” as mine a while back. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/14 "2009-07-10T17:44:02Z")
The only ringtone I have personalized is for my boss. It’s the Imperial March from Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/15 "2009-07-10T18:07:25Z")
Getting away from the telephone puns - my ringtone for my (very loquacious) friend is “You Talk Too Much” by Run-DMC. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/16 "2009-07-10T18:44:30Z")
I normally use South Park’s “Chocolate Salty Balls” for my current girlfriend and their “Kyle’s Mom is a Big Fat Bitch” for people that I don’t want to talk to. Personally I’ve been looking for the “Mail motherfucker” sound from Eurotrip for years to use as my text messages. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-songs-to-be-my-ringtone/502553/17 "2009-07-24T13:33:39Z")
I’m leaning towards Beatles - Think for Yourself (“I’ve got a word or two to say about the things that you do…”) I wish ELO Telephone Line had a better opening.