![]() Other covers include ‘Coconut Shell’, a song by Hong Kong singer Khalil Fong which features a segment of the Nokia tune played on the erhu, and Valse Irritation d’ Après Nokia, a short piece by Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin which is based on the tune. It was released as a contender for the UK Christmas No. In December 1999, Jimmy Cauty (formerly of The KLF) and Guy Pratt released ‘I Wanna 1-2-1 With You’, which heavily samples the theme. Seven years later, the ‘Grande Valse’ was renamed as the Nokia tune, and it quickly became Nokia’s flagship ringtone and the brand’s defining soundbite. ![]() Shaped by an English musician called Thomas Dolby, the ringtone was first heard in a Nokia 1011 advert in 1992. ![]() Tárrega, who died 84 years earlier, was the perfect choice. Nokia needed a soundbite free of expensive copyright complications, and European law makes music available to the public 70 years after the composer’s death. Why did Nokia choose the ‘Grande Valse’?Ī big selling point for using Tárrega’s music was that the composer was long dead. Little did the two composers know, their four-bar ditty would become the first identifiable musical ringtone on a mobile phone.
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