The popularity of this tune as a ringtone dates back to the era of monophonic and polyphonic ringtones. In the days of the Nokia 3310 and 1100, users would painstakingly compose this tune using the phone’s composer feature. Later, as technology advanced to MP3 formats, the actual audio clip of the song became the standard. Today, downloading this ringtone is often an attempt to recapture that "golden era" of mobile telephony.