Sting makes classic phone ringtones sound awesome, listen to his version of Marimba and the Nokia tune

Victor H.

posted by Victor H. / Oct 20, 2014, 4:14 AM

Sting makes classic phone ringtones sound awesome, listen to his version of Marimba and the Nokia tune

Sting is one of probably the most universally liked and recognized artists that has captured the hearts of people of all ages with his haunting voice ever since the times of The Police, and recently, he sat down for an interview with Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show.

Fallon decided to give Sting an interesting challenge - to recreate classic phone ringtones in that breathy manner of his, and the end result is nothing short of spectacular.

Starting with recreations of the iPhone Marimba ringtone that used to be all over the place just a couple of years ago, then the classic Nokia ringtone, and a couple of others, Sting converted these into what sounds like a classic Police tune.

It all ended with an artistic voice mail song recorded live for a lucky someone from the audience. Check it all out below, how do you like these 'Stingtones' - are they better than the originals?

source: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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1. jukkis

Posts: 5; Member since: Sep 11, 2014

Nokia tune, just a copy and they managed to register it.

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 4:33 AM 0

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2. xperiaDROID

Posts: 5629; Member since: Mar 08, 2013

Sounds cool, but no thank you. I wonder how will it sound like if Sting sings his version of the Xperia ringtone lol.

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 4:42 AM 0

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3. luis.d

Posts: 354; Member since: Dec 04, 2013

Wow, dude got old.

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 4:59 AM 0

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4. mummra

Posts: 7; Member since: Oct 04, 2014

Great entertaining man.

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 5:20 AM 1

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5. Roger8.0 unregistered

That's not Kimmel it's Jimmy Fallon... Cool "Stingtones" though...

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 5:38 AM 5

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6. Victor.H

Posts: 1043; Member since: May 27, 2011

Thanks, I've corrected this.

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 5:47 AM 0

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7. Limbopope

Posts: 62; Member since: Aug 12, 2014

Better than the original? Yes That is all

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 5:58 AM 1

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8. jonvdw

Posts: 4; Member since: Oct 07, 2014

Legend!

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 6:04 AM 1

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9. GreekGeek

Posts: 1276; Member since: Mar 22, 2014

Cocaine makes you old faaaast

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 6:35 AM 0

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10. alumoyo

Posts: 391; Member since: Aug 26, 2013

Looks pretty good for 63!

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 8:21 AM 0

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11. corporateJP

Posts: 2458; Member since: Nov 28, 2009

Sting is "THAT DUDE".

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 12:41 PM 0

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12. -box-

Posts: 3991; Member since: Jan 04, 2012

Ugh, apple's tones are so terrible. And overused.

posted on Oct 20, 2014, 1:26 PM 1

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