There is not a man, woman, or child under the age of 30 that can resist Koji Kondo’s theme for the most famous human video game character ever created. (I’d say of any species, but there is a little yellow circle that would start a flame war about that.)


The Super Mario Brothers Theme has become one of the most popular ringtones in the world.  The Super Mario Bros Theme Ringtone has been on the Billboard Top 10 Ringtones List for about 4 years.

Starting humming the song in any area where a young person may hear it and watch the dominoes fall.  It’s a short, easy to remember, impossible to forget tune that will enter your mind and never leave.  Sure, it will nap, sometimes for months, but once you hear that tune again the band strikes up (a band of one, equipped only with a midi keyboard) and hits you over and over the head with nostalgia, over and over, until you can’t think about anything but a little man in blue overalls throwing fire at what appears to be armless, walking mushrooms and flying turtles.