# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Amazing\_Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@The\_Amazing\_Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Amazing_Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/41 "2010-12-30T18:52:17Z")
I have the “Piroriparopirirora” sound from _Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei_, a very funny anime series. The sound for a text message is Meru-chan’s “Mail, mail” sound from the same series. [This may or may not make things clearer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujn78GTUYfg) Yeah, I’m a bit of a fangirl. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/42 "2010-12-30T18:52:29Z")
The Haunting Torgo Theme. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/43 "2010-12-30T19:00:16Z")
Me and a coworker both have [bananaphone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananaphone), an under-appreciated classic in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/44 "2010-12-30T19:05:07Z")
Ethel Merman’s disco version of “There’s No Business Like Show Business…” Nothing like listening to Ethel belt it out to let me know I am getting a call. ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/45 "2010-12-30T19:08:16Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Anybody know how I could get the “foghorn” sound from the old “Addams Family” TV show? I always wanted that! this one? [http://wavcentral.com/sounds/televis/addams/mails\_in.mp3](http://wavcentral.com/sounds/televis/addams/mails_in.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/46 "2010-12-30T19:15:43Z")
Flight of the Bumblebee ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/47 "2010-12-30T19:20:01Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Doctor Who theme song. Me too. My wife has Darth Vader’s theme for her parents’ numbers. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/48 "2010-12-30T19:22:53Z")
The first few measures of Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke.” I can set different ringtones for different callers, but I hardly ever get calls: my family and friends tend to use emails or text messages. My phone rings so infrequently that it always surprises me – and still makes me happy – to hear those opening horns. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/49 "2010-12-30T19:27:29Z")
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/50 "2010-12-30T19:30:06Z")
Currently, the Blues Brothers’ _Sweet Home Chicago_. Previously, the Blasters’ _American Music_ and the themes from _Peter Gunn_ and _Indiana Jones_. > [@silenus](#): > > If my wife is calling, it’s Randy and the Rainbows. I bet I can guess your wife’s name! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/51 "2010-12-30T19:35:35Z")
I currently have the Murloc battle cry from WoW for my ringtone and the baby murloc gurgle for text messages. No, I know it’s not original, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/52 "2010-12-30T20:05:54Z")
normal calls - the “5 tones” from _Close Encounters_ wife - “Wipeout” intro, by the Surfaris ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/53 "2010-12-30T20:11:44Z")
> [@Daithi\_Lacha](#): > > Super Mario Brothers theme as the main ring. When Lady Lacha calls, it’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” I have the New Super Mario Brothers theme. > [@The\_Amazing\_Hanna](#): > > I have the “Piroriparopirirora” sound from _Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei_, a very funny anime series. > > The sound for a text message is Meru-chan’s “Mail, mail” sound from the same series. > > [This may or may not make things clearer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujn78GTUYfg) > > Yeah, I’m a bit of a fangirl. That is hilarious. “You’re just a panty shot character. Show your panties already.” ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/54 "2010-12-30T20:24:13Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My future-ex-son-in-law used this for his mother. > > …snip… That’s too funny, my daughter uses it for her MIL, actually her future ex-MIL. (wicked witch theme). ---
**Author:** ![sideshowkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sideshowkar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sideshowkar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/55 "2010-12-30T20:39:14Z")
Main ringtone - Pictures of You by _The Cure_ Mom - Mother by _The Police_ Sibs and friends get songs from bands they like. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/56 "2010-12-30T20:48:32Z")
_Misirlou_, for everybody. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/57 "2010-12-30T21:06:38Z")
For most people it’s the theme from the Muppet Show. I have special ringtones for a few people though. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/58 "2010-12-30T21:53:43Z")
I use the jazzy theme from the Jeeves & Wooster TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Sudo\_Intellectual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sudo\_Intellectual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudo_Intellectual)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/59 "2010-12-30T22:03:34Z")
Ain’t No Sunshine By Bill Withers for generic Realize by Colbie Caillet for my S.O Push It by Salt n Pepa for my two best girl friends. (I crack UP every time they call cause it starts by basically yelling “Get up on This”) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792/60 "2010-12-30T22:45:18Z")
I have Tune\_Eurotrance for my normal ringtone. Calls from my wife ring with Our House by madness (it was Everthing She Does is Magic for a while, I think I need to change it up again). When I’m on call, the calls that ring to me have Tune\_Down2Business [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792.md?page=4)