# So What Is Your Cell Phone Ring Tone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 4, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267 "2009-05-04T09:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/1 "2009-05-04T09:27:31Z")
So what is your ring tone on your cell phone? One of my students turned me onto makeownringtone dot com (I have no relationship with the company, just used them successfully) and I created my own ring tone for my cell phone. Very easy to do…just upload your favorite song and “cut” the part of the song you want to use. Then follow directions. My ring tone? It is Ethel Merman’s disco rendition of “There’s No Business Like Show Business…” Gay? Me? What was your first clue? ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/2 "2009-05-04T09:30:02Z")
I have the into to _Badlands_ by Bruce Springsteen. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/3 "2009-05-04T10:56:01Z")
I’ve got a different ringtone for all of the normal callers i get. I usually let them pick it, since I have an iPhone, and it’s free. The epitome of fad? Sure; but it’s damn handy when I’m doing something across the room and the phone rings. I can decide if it’s worth getting or not. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/4 "2009-05-04T11:13:01Z")
Mine is the piano tune from the overworld music in Super Mario 2. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/5 "2009-05-04T11:42:10Z")
The opening riff of the original version of Eric Clapton’s _Layla_. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/6 "2009-05-04T11:52:31Z")
Regular callers = Join in the Chant - Nitzer Ebb Wife = Girls Got Rhythm - AC/DC For a short time on my wife’s phone, when I called it had a quote from the Transformers movie: “I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to all autobots.”…she made me delete it :mad: ---
**Author:** ![hroark2112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hroark2112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hroark2112)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/7 "2009-05-04T12:02:12Z")
Mine is the default ringtone on my phone, whatever that is. I keep my phone on vibrate 24/7/365. I don’t like when my phone ringing bugs anyone else, so I just let it vibrate me. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/8 "2009-05-04T12:19:00Z")
Individual ringtones: SWMBO - My Girl Stepdaughter - William Tell Overture Stepson - Godfather theme I forward the Taekwondo school phone to my cell when I’m not in the school, so my default ringer, of course, is Mortal Kombat. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/9 "2009-05-04T13:11:27Z")
I have the opening of _How Soon Is Now?_ by The Smiths as my standard ring tone. My husband gets _Here Comes Your Man_ by The Pixies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/10 "2009-05-04T13:16:21Z")
My current “main” tone? Theme from _The Avengers_. They change by seasons & moods. “Pressure Drop” for hurricane season. When I’m not working undercover–“You’re Gonna Miss Me” by the Elevators… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/11 "2009-05-04T13:29:36Z")
Contacts- a meadowlark. Caller ID- jungle sounds. No caller ID- pigs squealing. Restricted - gorilla family squable. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/12 "2009-05-04T14:00:05Z")
These days, strangers get the opening strains of “Born to Run” Until recently they were announced with “Let the Sunshine” My wife is announced by a boisterous rendition of “Aquarela do Brasil” sung by Gal Costa (It’s that song that goes “Brazil …blahblah… BRAZIL …blahblah… BRAZIL! …” that you always hear in movies that reference the country.) I assigned “Águas de Março” (the Waters of March) for my sister-in-law It’s “Born to Run” for everyone else. BTW, I use Garage Band to make my own. I don’t know if it’s better than the online place, but there are lots of fiddly settings you can use to tweak it just right. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/13 "2009-05-04T14:04:03Z")
‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ by Poison. I used to have Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire, but my son learned to mimic it exactly, sending me running for the phone, so I had to change it. Over the holidays I had ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas’.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Titus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@Titus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Titus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/14 "2009-05-04T14:28:19Z")
Another vote for leaving the phone on vibrate. For the occasion when I need the phone to be loud, I’ve been using the ring tone from Crank. I think I’ve had that tone since the movie came out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/15 "2009-05-04T14:46:20Z")
At the moment it’s “[Huddle Formation](http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Go!+Team/track/Huddle+Formation)” - The Go! Team. I generally change it up every 6 months or so. For a while before that I had “Paper Planes” - MIA, preceded by “Organ Donor” - DJ Shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/16 "2009-05-04T14:59:10Z")
Monday Night Football - the classic instrumental version. It’s unnatural how much I like that game. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/17 "2009-05-04T15:01:23Z")
‘London Calling’ for me, **Ms. Attack** has the ‘Hawaii 5-0’ theme, and **Attacklass** has the ‘Harry Potter’ theme. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/18 "2009-05-04T15:03:31Z")
“As If” by Sara Evans for the bf, and “Makes Me Wonder” by Maroon 5 for everyone else. I need to change these, since I’m terribly bored with them both. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/19 "2009-05-04T15:08:42Z")
Generic ringtone: Pantera - _Walk_ (instrumental) Fiancee’s ringtone: Tenacious D - _Fuck Her Gently_ (she does not know this is her ringtone, and if anybody tells her I might have some parts missing the next time they see me) My very short friend Tanya’s ringtone: _It’s A Small World After All_ (from the Disney World ride) My mother’s ringtone is _Zara Dholki_, a Hindi film song. Various other friends/places have been assigned The Smashing Pumpkins’ _Zero_, Bubba Sparkxx’ _Ugly_, When In Rome’s _The Promise_, Canibus’ _Take This Job and Shove It_, Stone Cold Steve Austin’s entrance music, _The Safety Dance_, the Rocky theme, the _Mission: Impossible_ theme, and that _Dance Magic Dance_ David Bowie song from _Labyrinth_. I tend to rotate my generic ringtone between the Fraggle Rock theme, Rob D’s _Clubbed to Death_, Axel F (the Beverly Hills Cop theme), and [_Ninja_ by 7 Seconds of Love.](http://www.rathergood.com/ninja) I “make” my own ringtones using Motorola Phonetools’ Melody Editor, which has basic mp3 cropping facilities and simple effects like fade in/out. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/20 "2009-05-04T15:09:11Z")
Jimi Hendrix- Voodoo Chile. The real song, not some weird midi version. I usually let it ring too long before I answer it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267.md?page=2)