The Top 10 Ringtones of All Time
by Jonathan BentzAssociate EditorCool Ringtones Blog (www.coolringtones.blogspot.com)Morgantown, West Virginia. (ContentDesk) December 21, 2005 -- If you want to stand out in a crowd, the ringtone you choose can be a big step in the right direction.
So you want a great ringtone, but have no idea what makes one great?
Follow the advice below and learn where the bar has been raised by the top 10 list below, dubbed the first class of the ringtone Hall of Fame.????
Separating great ringtones from the rest of the bunch requires a series of judging criteria. First and foremost, a great ringtone must come from a great song.
While it is possible for great songs to yield disappointing ringtones, the opposite is impossible.
The ringtone must also be easily recognizable to many people.
Everyone wants that ringtone that makes people smile and say, I love that song when your phone rings.
From a musical standpoint, the ringtone must be created from one of three song portions: the intro, the hook, or the solo.
The success of these three parts to the musical equation are make or break for hit songs, making them essential to the success of a ringtone.
Because of the technology format, songs that make great ringtones also need to have simple layers.
Songs with dueling drums or guitars cause a ringtone to sound cluttered, making it difficult to identify by ear.
The intros to songs like Stairway to Heaven and A Thousand Miles make great ringtones because they are catchy and easy on the ear.
In addition to coming from a particular section of a song, great ringtones must also feature a strong, repetitious percussion line.
Whether that persistent pulse comes from the bass line of Drop It Like Its Hot or from the synthesizers in Take On Me, the ability for many people to recognize a specific song comes from that repetition.
While the final keystones are being cemented into the ringtone shrine, here are the first ten inductees into the Ringtone Hall of Fame:???????????? 1.
In Da Club 50 Cent???Besides being Billboards inaugural Ringtone of the Year in 2004, 50s first #1 hit has a bass line built for making heads bob.
The strings section adds suspense to the song and puts high notes on top of the gutter base line.
Having In Da Club as a ringtone means the party is never farther away than your phone.
2.
Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin???The calming woodwind that accompanies Pages slow guitar picking makes for rock and ringtone heaven on earth.
Several portions of this song have been made into ringtones, but the tone depicting the songs introduction is truly a classic.
3.
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd???Music fans of all ages get a smile on their face at the first sound of this southern-rock classic.
Change a partys atmosphere from get together to jamboree by a simple ring-ring.
The MP3 version is a required tone for country and classic rock fans. 4.
Super Mario Brothers Game Theme???The essential ringtone for gamers.
The polyphonic tone is an exact replication of the track from 16-bit Nintendo.
5.
Halloween Movie Theme???Perfect custom tone for friends named Michael Myers.
One of the most popular ringtones of all time that can outsell pop hits year round.
6.
The Next Episode - Dr. Dre???While many hip-hop ringtones sound poor due to the overuse of dull bass lines, The Next Episode features thumping bass and a pulsating G-funk guitar lick, creating the bench mark for multi layered ringtones.7.
Mission Impossible Theme Song???Another incredibly popular ringtone despite its age that will only get more popular as the third installment of the movie franchise begins filming.
Perfect as a custom tone for those over-demanding bosses in the workplace.8.
Sandstorm DaRude???Like Super Mario Brothers, a distinct song replica is created by the polyphonic ringtone.
A must for fans of techno music and another, sure fire, party-starter tone.
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Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song???The only hip-hop song your father can rap over is one of the most recognizable ringtones available.
The beat is so contagious that setting it as your default ringer in a public place will cause a room to begin rhyming along as if they were Will Smith.10.
The Jetsons Theme Song???While the Jetsons had a lot of great things in their future world, one thing they dont have is their own song as a phone ringer.
We dont have flying automobiles yet, but show off the evolution of cell phone technology with the upbeat polyphonic ditty.Getting ringtones for your cell phone from websites like MonsterTones (http://www.monstertones.com) or Ringing Phone (http://www.ringingphone.com) has become one of the hottest ways to set yourself apart on todays scene.
Any of these ten ringtones will do the trick..
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What would the world be without cell phones? They make doing business and being connected so much easier than in the past. This came to be the understanding of the many cell phone service-providing companies. This very fact led to the development of custom ringtones. The ringtones that we have on our cell phones are the children of the latest techniques in scientific discovery.
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The monophonic ringtones are usually not that attractive and do not provide the user with actual feeling of listening to music. They are mostly used for the standard ringtones that are set by default on each one's cell phones. But if you want to get a good feeling for your favorite song as a ringtone, then what you need is a polyphonic ringtone. Moreover, today many of the cell phone providers offer free...
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The Self Expressive Quality of Ringtones
Admit it...
If you are one of the countless throngs of people who has purchased or downloaded a ringtone for your cell phone, you probably already know that there is a certain amount of vanity involved.
"What's that?" you say.
"What does vanity have to do with how I choose to alert myself when a call is coming in?"
Please...who do you think you're fooling?
The very nature of personalizing anything has it's roots in vanity.
Small mirrors designed for just one person are known as vanity mirrors.
The most pretentious, hipster to yipster to decade long mid-life crisis baby boomer oriented magazine on the planet is aptly named Vanity Fair.
License plates that proclaim what must be a message of great importance to other drivers on the road are called vanity plates.
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With a unique ringtone, you can easily recognize you own cell. An alternative for ringtone, he vibrating alert, can be used in noisy environments or in places where ringtones are disturbing.
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With the advent of mobile phones, communication has entered into a new age. With the improvement in quality and addition of new features, ringtones have become very popular among mobile users. But ringtones vary from place-to-place and also according to the age group of the users. In Canada, with the advent of high-speed Internet connections, cell phone users can download ringtones from all across the world.
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It never fails.
Living in the city and taking public transportation to work inevitably leads to overhearing other people's phone calls.
Cell phones are so prevalent that I can't imagine anyone who doesn't have one, which means most people can get phone calls almost anywhere, at any time.
Since personalization is a way of life for most Americans, many of my fellow commuters have one or more ringtones to alert them when someone is calling.
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My absolute favorite holiday has always been Halloween, which is why I always enjoy hearing the wide variety of Halloween ringtones that usually pop up around this time of year.
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