Nokia tune

[2] While the ringtone initially shipped as monophonic, this was eventually replaced with polyphonic and audio versions, as a result of evolving mobile technology.

[9] The same year, a contest titled Nokia Tune Remake was held on the crowdsourcing website Audiodraft.

[13] In December 1999, Jimmy Cauty, formerly of The KLF, and Guy Pratt released the mobile telephone-themed novelty-pop record "I Wanna 1-2-1 With You" under the name Solid Gold Chartbusters which heavily samples the theme.

[16][17] The tune was prominently featured in a recurring sketch on the British hidden camera/practical joke reality television series Trigger Happy TV.

[19][20] Dutch cabaret duo Woe & van der Laan had a 2017 comedy show Pesetas, revolving around Francisco Tárrega and how an excerpt of his Gran Vals became known as of the Nokia Tune.

Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin wrote a short composition entitled Valse Irritation d'après Nokia based on the tune.

[21] The Indonesian rock band The Changcuters included the segment of the Nokia tune on their song "Parampampam".

[22] The American rock band Green Day included the Nokia tune ringtone on demo song of "Homecoming (Nobody Likes You)".

"Nokia tune"; in Tárrega's Gran Vals , the phrase ends on an E instead of an A.