The Nokia tune began as the default ringtone on Nokia mobile phones in the 1990s, based on a short classical guitar phrase, and became one of the most recognised ringtones in the world. Bass boosted remixes spread online through meme edits and soundboards, pushing the simple melody to distorted extremes for comic effect. It remains popular alongside other phone and app alerts like a discord call sound, because the tune is instantly familiar even to people who never owned a Nokia handset.