# What's your Ringtone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709 "2017-11-25T23:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 21, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/82 "2018-12-21T17:23:41Z")
My default is Tom Petty’s “American Girl”. The opening chords even sound a bit like a telephone ringing, IMHO. I use GNR’s “Sweet Child O’ Mine” for my wife. I used to have other personalized rings, but it’s a new phone and the old ones didn’t transfer for some reason. I’ll probably get around to it some day. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/83 "2018-12-21T17:38:46Z")
I have a custom ringtone I made which is Lt. Worf saying “Captain…Incoming Message” laid over a techno dance track. It’s fun but I’m getting sick of it - time for a new one. My text notification is a sonar ping. But I must brag about the greatest notification sound of all time. I’ve had it for many years since my first smartphone, and whenever anyone hears it, they remark on it. It’s timeless, universal and perfect: Yes, it’s the duhn-duhn sound from _Law & Order_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/84 "2018-12-21T18:28:50Z")
I used to get much more into this than I do now. Mrs. ToKnow has custom tones for calls and texts, and one other friend has a custom tone for texts, but I think that’s it. My standard text tone is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and is the “thhhhwiiiiip-doooiiiing” sound of an arrow striking home followed by “Message for you, sir.” Not counting the many, many businesses who have their tone set to silent. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/85 "2018-12-22T15:51:12Z")
Still using the sound of a phone ringing. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/86 "2018-12-22T22:34:35Z")
All of mine are Asleep At The Wheel songs. Default: [Sugarfoot Rag](https://youtu.be/KEiCu4i_mHE) Wife: [My Baby Thinks She’s A Train](https://youtu.be/EUk61HVCNSU) Mom: [I Can’t Give You Anything But Love](https://youtu.be/-FOHOzyAidY) Brother: [Miles And Miles Of Texas](https://youtu.be/NdNky66QyEQ) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/87 "2019-11-07T19:56:27Z")
Rather than start another cell phone thread, I’m bumping this one for ideas. Even though I almost always have my phone on vibrate, I’m thinking of changing my ringtone. Exciting stuff. Right now my ringtone is something called “Themos” that is a stock tone. I haven’t changed it in a couple of years. Those who have answered already, have you changed your ringtone? I want something new. ---
**Author:** ![Crossbreed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Crossbreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crossbreed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/88 "2019-11-07T21:10:16Z")
Ringtone: Back To The Future “Twinkle” I wanted to use it as my “incoming text” tone, but my (older) phone does not allow it. Previously when working (as a paper carrier), my work-time ringtone was a sample from the Nintendo video game, Paperboy…! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crossbreed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Crossbreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crossbreed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/89 "2019-11-07T21:20:52Z")
I used to have a custom ringtone for when my wife called, “Green-Eyed Lady” (Sugarloaf, 1970). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/90 "2019-11-07T21:29:14Z")
Just the default ringtones now, although we used to have a landline phone capable of importing ringtones. “Sweet Home Chicago” would ring for family from the Chicago area and “The Yellow Rose of Texas” would ring for family from Texas; I don’t recall what others I put in. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/91 "2019-11-07T21:38:53Z")
The theme from King of the Hill- Roger Clyne ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/92 "2019-11-07T23:51:07Z")
My 4 daily medication alarms [which one of is my get my ass up in the morning wake up] and my husband’s ring tone are an[alarm](http://www.goatlocker.org/sound/GENALARM.WAV) from a 688 submarine - a vessel he spent much of his naval career upon. It really turns heads when it goes off on the submarine base \ and wakes his ass up immediately. Other people have odds and ends, [Express Elevator](http://goo.gl/Nd4Ci) from Aliens was my alarm for chemo/radiation appointments. Frequently I get places early so it would go off in the waiting room =) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/93 "2019-11-08T01:13:36Z")
For family members, it plays the _Game of Thrones_ theme. For everyone else, the original _Halloween_ theme. My notification sound is the SuperMario coin. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/94 "2019-11-08T02:14:03Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > My 4 daily medication alarms [which one of is my get my ass up in the morning wake up] and my husband’s ring tone are an[alarm](http://www.goatlocker.org/sound/GENALARM.WAV) from a 688 submarine - a vessel he spent much of his naval career upon. It really turns heads when it goes off on the submarine base \ and wakes his ass up immediately. > > Other people have odds and ends, [Express Elevator](http://goo.gl/Nd4Ci) from Aliens was my alarm for chemo/radiation appointments. Frequently I get places early so it would go off in the waiting room =) Thank you for the moviesoundclips site. That’s great. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/95 "2019-11-08T02:17:15Z")
Tubular Bells ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/96 "2019-11-08T16:32:35Z")
I downloaded a SW bell ringer tone Sounds like a desk phone. I’m accustomed to quickly reacting to that ringer. I still have a desk phone from the early 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/97 "2019-11-08T16:45:16Z")
I only use songs that I have written. That way, there is no confusion when my phone rings in a crowded place, since I am the only one likely to have that tune. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/98 "2019-11-08T16:52:38Z")
Some horror-movie type thing called “Day of Chaos” because nobody ever calls me unless they’re having a problem. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/99 "2019-11-08T17:01:51Z")
99% of the time it’s on vibrate The other 1% is the theme to Police Story sung by Jackie Chan ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/100 "2019-11-08T17:10:32Z")
It’s an audible signal that my cellphone is theoretically able to make upon receiving an inbound call. But that’s not important right now. ---
**Author:** ![Crossbreed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Crossbreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crossbreed)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709/101 "2019-11-08T21:35:15Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > It’s an audible signal that my cellphone is theoretically able to make upon receiving an inbound call. > > But that’s not important right now. Surely, you can’t be serious…! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ringtone/802709.md?page=6)