# What song is your cell ringtone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792 "2010-12-30T04:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/21 "2010-12-30T07:10:13Z")
I want my next phone to be able to have different tones for different people, and use WoW’s “run away little girl” when my mother calls, “you not take candle” or “time is money, friend” for Financebro and “you are not prepared” or “keep your feet onna floor” for Middlebro, but for now I have Siniestro Total’s “Miña terra galega” live (their cover of Sweet Home Alabama) as the general ringtone and Sons of Maxwell doing “Tell my ma” as the alarm. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/22 "2010-12-30T08:19:20Z")
I want to have the Jeeves and Wooster theme as my ring but I am waaaay too un-computer-savvy to figure out how. So I have generitone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Wisthekiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wisthekiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisthekiller)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/23 "2010-12-30T09:05:01Z")
Go Into the Water - Dethklok ---
**Author:** ![yola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/48db29/32.png) [@yola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yola)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/24 "2010-12-30T09:17:09Z")
George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone”. An 18 yo friend set that up for me. Before that it was the nostaliga ringtone like Agent 99’s in Get Smart. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/25 "2010-12-30T10:01:51Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Rush - The Spirit of Radio A man after my own heart. 🙂 Depends on who called. Rush - Bastille Day for most people, Rock Me Amadeaus for my husband, and people I don’t want to talk to get the Imperial Death March. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/26 "2010-12-30T10:09:05Z")
Default - “Viva Las Vegas”, Elvis. Wife - “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, Guns N’ Roses Mom & Dad - “Hold On, I’m Coming”, Sam & Dave Brother & Sister - “I Won’t Back Down”, Tom Petty My two best friends - “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”, Jim Croce Father-in-law - “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)”, the Four Tops Work - “Rock and a Hard Place”, Rolling Stones My reserve unit CO - “Dies Irae - Requiem in D Minor”, Mozart My parents’ ringtone used to be Aram Khachaturian’s “Sabre Dance”, but things are much better between us these days. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/27 "2010-12-30T10:40:29Z")
For my brother - Rush YYZ for my best friends L and T it is 3 little girls from the Mikado [we go for sushi a lot] for mrAru recorded sound of General Quarters from a 688 sub known spam - spam routine from Monty Python [the spam spam spam and eggs line] known business contacts [insurance, phone, electric, cable companies] the kaching intro from Pink Floyds Money ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/28 "2010-12-30T11:12:17Z")
For known callers, the theme from [Bagpuss](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpuss) For unknown callers, the theme from [Roobarb](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roobarb) ---
**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:** [December 30, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/29 "2010-12-30T11:48:04Z")
_London Calling_ by the Clash. Every now and again someone will hear the opening notes of the ringtone and crack up. \*\* Ms. Attack\*\* has _Hanging on the Telephone_. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/30 "2010-12-30T12:19:26Z")
Monty Python’s [Galaxy Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk), on my Samsung Galaxy S. Except when my partner calls me. In the Christmas spirit, I’ve changed his personal ringtone to his favourite Christmas song - the UK’s [2009 Christmas #1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuOAY-S6OY). ---
**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:** [December 30, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/31 "2010-12-30T13:16:21Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > … the Wicked Witch’s theme from Wizard of Oz. My future-ex-son-in-law used this for his mother. As for me, my phone just rings, on the rare occasions that I get a call. Mostly it just lives in the car. I rarely use it. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/32 "2010-12-30T13:33:12Z")
Super Mario Brothers theme as the main ring. When Lady Lacha calls, it’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/33 "2010-12-30T13:37:49Z")
The beginning of “The Wanting Comes in Waves” by the Decemberists. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/34 "2010-12-30T13:49:28Z")
> [@ErinPuff](#): > > The beginning of “The Wanting Comes in Waves” by the Decemberists. I bet that makes an awesome ringtone. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/35 "2010-12-30T16:56:33Z")
Mine is a jaunty island rhythm that came with the phone. In the past, I’ve had [Yakety Sax](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg), the Office theme song, various AC/DC and Zeppelin songs, and [Jizz in My Pants](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY). Joe ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/36 "2010-12-30T17:35:50Z")
Anybody know how I could get the “foghorn” sound from the old “Addams Family” TV show? I always wanted that! ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/37 "2010-12-30T17:51:18Z")
Mine is a duck quacking. It does not echo. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/38 "2010-12-30T17:58:25Z")
For phone calls: Miles Davis, “If I Were a Bell” For text: one of the generic ones. I haven’t figured out a good, short, pithy musical licks for texts yet. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/39 "2010-12-30T18:01:30Z")
“Sentinel” the first track on Tubular Bells II. Nice because it starts off quiet, so I can answer it without jumping out of my chair. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/40 "2010-12-30T18:38:05Z")
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