The original chime comes from Windows XP, Microsoft's operating system released in 2001, where it played every time a computer finished booting. As XP became a symbol of early 2000s computing, creators began remixing its sounds, and bass-boosted, distorted versions spread through YouTube meme edits, TikTok videos and soundboards as a form of earrape humour. The joke relies on recognition: almost everyone knows the calm original, so hearing it crushed and overloaded feels instantly wrong and funny, which keeps it popular for retro edits and ironic tech jokes.
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A loud, bass-boosted and distorted version of the classic Windows XP startup jingle, used as a meme sound effect for earrape edits and jumpscares.
This is the familiar Windows XP startup chime pushed through heavy distortion and bass boosting until it barely sounds polite anymore. The soft, rising melody is still recognisable underneath, but it arrives blown out, crackling and much louder than the original, with the low end thumping hard enough to rattle a phone speaker. Played at full volume it feels sudden, abrasive and deliberately over the top, which is exactly the joke. Instead of a calm welcome to a computer, listeners get a chaotic blast of nostalgia that works best as a punchline, a shock cut or the loud payoff after a quiet setup.
