# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/21 "2009-05-04T15:11:06Z")
Mine goes rrrriinng. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/22 "2009-05-04T15:11:09Z")
Standard vanilla phone-ringing sound. Like phones used to make back when they actually had a little bell in them that rung. I’m a traditionalist. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/23 "2009-05-04T15:40:14Z")
Mine’s the _Arrested Development_ theme, sans Ron Howard’s introductions. (My text message notification is “Annyong!”) ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/24 "2009-05-04T15:42:47Z")
“Under Pressure” Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/25 "2009-05-04T15:43:34Z")
Currently it’s the intro to Stevie Wonder’s “ **Sir Duke**.” For a long time it was the “Jennnny I’ve got your number” part of “867-5309/Jenny” (yep, that’s my name), but I switched to Stevie a few months ago. I expect to keep “Sir Duke” for a while: it’s one of my all-time favorite songs, and I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner for my ring tone. I make my own using [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/). For text messages and IMs – which I get _way_ more often than phone calls – it’s a sonar ping sound that came with my BlackBerry. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/26 "2009-05-04T15:56:03Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Mine goes rrrriinng. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/27 "2009-05-04T16:20:40Z")
I keep mine on vibrate all the time. I know that no matter what fabulous piece of music or hilarious sound I could put on, it would be ruined by association with phone calls. I absolutely despise being called and having to answer the damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/28 "2009-05-04T16:56:25Z")
VIIIIIIIIIIIIRUS ALERT!!! by Weird Al Yankovic. Oddly apropos given recent news events. Yeah, it’s obnoxious, and it usually startles me into cussing when it goes off. But there’s no danger of me wondering whether it’s _my_ phone that’s ringing, when I’m in a crowd. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/29 "2009-05-04T17:13:39Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Mine is the piano tune from the overworld music in Super Mario 2. Nice! My first ringtone ever (beside the default) was the regular music from Super Mario Bros. The one that plays on the first stage. My current tone is the theme to Miami Vice by Jan Hammer. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/30 "2009-05-04T17:17:12Z")
The Hey Hey song by Gary Glitter. ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/31 "2009-05-04T17:19:01Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > The Hey Hey song by Gary Glitter. It’s called _Rock & Roll Part II_. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/32 "2009-05-04T17:24:56Z")
My generic ringtone: [Meira Frelsi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSG1HJUatzo) - it’s so dorky it’s fun Parents and siblings: [Boten Anna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQUsp-jxDQ) - my brother got to pick that one. A few others: The A-Team theme - cause it rocks! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/33 "2009-05-04T18:00:41Z")
> [@hroark2112](#): > > 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. What he said. I had a business that failed about 4 years ago… I was _sick and tired_ of hearing my phone ring, so I learned to keep it on vibrate. It didn’t do anything to reduce the number of calls, but I sure didn’t have that “Gawddammit!” moment every time I heard the damn phone. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/34 "2009-05-04T18:03:42Z")
For general calls, it’s “What Happens Tomorrow” by Duran Duran. For my bestest friends it’s the chorus of “Beautiful” by Joydrop. For my mother, saint that she is, it’s an instrumental Amazing Grace. For work, it’s “Jump in De Line” by Harry Belefonte. (Shake, Senora maybe? The song from Beetlejuice.) For unidentified callers with no caller ID, it’s Barber’s Adagio for Strings. I chose that because I don’t answer those calls, so they ring a while before they go to voicemail and I love that piece of music, so I don’t mind listening to it as it goes through the ring cycle. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/35 "2009-05-04T18:40:22Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFszb_uvnUo) From 3:00 - 3:30 ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/36 "2009-05-04T18:41:38Z")
> [@Foxy40](#): > > “Under Pressure” Queen. Ha! That’s how my phone rings when my best friend calls. The one with month-old twins, a 2 year old, and a 5 year old. I figured it was appropriate. When my best (male) friend calls, it’s Bon Jovi’s “Dead or Alive.” (He rides a motorbike) When everyone else calls, it’s the Killers “All These Things That I’ve Done.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/37 "2009-05-04T18:57:00Z")
Default - “Hanging On the Telephone” - Blondie Wife - “Denise” - Randy and the Rainbows Students - “Teacher” - Jethro Tull ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/38 "2009-05-04T19:11:03Z")
I wanted a plain ring. My phone didn’t come with one. The closest I could find is a sort of fading, echoing ring. Somehow, I assigned a musical tone to my “friends” category, but I rarely get calls from non-family, so I couldn’t tell you what the tone is. I can’t believe my freebie Nokia doesn’t have a plain ring. My daughter and son-in-law have a different musical interlude for each caller - SIL’s mother is announced by the Munster’s theme… 😃 ---
**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:** [May 4, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/39 "2009-05-04T19:31:41Z")
My default tone is “First Call” (usually but incorrectly known as “Call To Post”) which is the bugle call that accompanies racehorses when they get on the track. My oldest (argumentative) sister is the “Itchy and Scratchy” theme (“They fight, they bite…”). My middle sister is “No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn”(Beastie Boys). Guess where she lives. The funniest one is that for my overly loquacious friend - it’s “You Talk Too Much” by Run-DMC. ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-your-cell-phone-ring-tone/495267/40 "2009-05-04T19:51:26Z")
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