# Swing

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**Swing** or **swinging** may refer to:

## Apparatus

- [Swing (seat)](/source/Swing_(seat)), a hanging seat that swings back and forth
- [Pendulum](/source/Pendulum), an object that swings
- [Russian swing](/source/Russian_swing), a swing-like circus apparatus
- [Swing ride](/source/Swing_ride), an amusement park ride consisting of suspended seats that rotate like a merry-go-round

## Arts, entertainment, and media

### Films

- [*Swing!* (1938 film)](/source/Swing!_(1938_film)), an American film directed by Oscar Micheaux
- [*Swing* (1999 film)](/source/Swing_(1999_film)), an American film by Nick Mead
- [*Swing* (2002 film)](/source/Swing_(2002_film)), a French film by Tony Gatlif
- [*Swing* (2003 film)](/source/Swing_(2003_film)), an American film by Martin Guigui
- [*Swing* (2010 film)](/source/Swing_(2010_film)), a Hindi short film
- [*Swing* (2021 film)](/source/Swing_(2021_film)), an American film by Michael Mailer

### Music

#### Styles

- [Swing (jazz performance style)](/source/Swing_(jazz_performance_style)), the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz
- [Swing music](/source/Swing_music), a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s
- [Swung rhythm](/source/Swung_rhythm), a rhythmic style in music

#### Groups and labels

- [Swing (Canadian band)](/source/Swing_(Canadian_band)), a Canadian néo-trad band
- [Swing (Hong Kong band)](/source/Swing_(Hong_Kong_band)), a Hong Kong pop music group
- [Swing Time Records](/source/Swing_Time_Records), a record label

#### Albums

- [*The Swing* (INXS album)](/source/The_Swing_(INXS_album)), a 1984 album by Australian rock band INXS
- [*Swing* (The Manhattan Transfer album)](/source/Swing_(The_Manhattan_Transfer_album)), 1997 album by The Manhattan Transfer
- [*Swing* (soundtrack)](/source/Swing_(soundtrack)), soundtrack of the 1999 film
- *Swing*, a 2009 album by [Christian De Sica](/source/Christian_De_Sica)
- [*Swing* (Renée Geyer album)](/source/Swing_(Ren%C3%A9e_Geyer_album)), 2013 album by Renée Geyer
- [*Swing* (EP)](/source/Swing_(EP)), a 2014 album by South Korean-Chinese group, *Super Junior-M*

#### Songs

- ["Swing" (Trace Adkins song)](/source/Swing_(Trace_Adkins_song)), 2006, by Trace Adkins
- ["Swing" (AMO song)](/source/Swing_(AMO_song)), a 2012 song by Slovak hip hop band AMO
- ["Swing" (Savage song)](/source/Swing_(Savage_song)), 2005, by New Zealand performer Savage, released again in 2008 featuring Soulja Boy
- ["Swing" (Sofi Tukker song)](/source/Swing_(Sofi_Tukker_song)), 2019
- ["The Swing" (song)](/source/The_Swing_(song)), 1997, by American country music artist James Bonamy
- "[Swing, Swing](/source/Swing,_Swing)", 2003, by the All-American Rejects
- "Swing", 1980, by Japan from the album *[Gentlemen Take Polaroids](/source/Gentlemen_Take_Polaroids)*
- "Swing", 2015, by Knuckle Puck from the album *[Copacetic](/source/Copacetic_(Knuckle_Puck_album))*
- "Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album *[Atlas](/source/Atlas_(Parkway_Drive_album))*
- "Swing", 2014, by Super Junior-M from the album *[Swing](/source/Swing_(EP))*
- "Swing", 1983, by [Yello](/source/Yello)
- "Swing", 2019, by Brooke Candy from the album *[Sexorcism](/source/Sexorcism_(Brooke_Candy_album))*

### Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

- [Swing (dance)](/source/Swing_(dance)), a group of dances that correspond to swing style of jazz music
- [*Swing* (musical)](/source/Swing_(musical)), a 1999 Broadway musical
- [*Swing* (video game)](/source/Swing_(video_game)), a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation
- Swing, an [understudy](/source/Understudy) in the musical theatre who prepares several roles
- [*The Swing* (painting)](/source/The_Swing_(Fragonard)), a 1767 rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- [*Swinging* (TV series)](/source/Swinging_(TV_series)), an Australian kids TV series.

## Politics

- [Swing (politics)](/source/Swing_(politics)), the extent of change in voter support - [Swing (Australian politics)](/source/Swing_(Australian_politics)), refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another - [Swing (United Kingdom)](/source/Swing_(United_Kingdom)), an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties
- [Captain Swing](/source/Captain_Swing), a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830

## Sports

- [Swing (boxing)](/source/Swing_(boxing)), a type of punch
- Baseball swing, the process of attempting to [hit a ball](/source/Hit_(baseball)) with a bat in the game of baseball
- Golf swing or [golf stroke mechanics](/source/Golf_stroke_mechanics), the means by which golfers analyze the execute their shots in the sport of golf
- [Swing bowling](/source/Swing_bowling), a subtype of fast bowling in cricket

## Transportation

- [Aquilair Swing](/source/Aquilair_Swing), a French ultralight trike aircraft design
- [S-Wing Swing](/source/S-Wing_Swing), light sport aircraft designed and built in the Czech Republic
- [Swing Bike](/source/Swing_Bike), a bicycle where both front and rear wheels are steerable
- [Swing Flugsportgeräte](/source/Swing_Flugsportger%C3%A4te), German aircraft manufacturer

## Other uses

- [Swing (Java)](/source/Swing_(Java)), a GUI widget toolkit for the Java programming language
- [Swing (surname)](/source/Swing_(surname))
- [Swing rifle](/source/Swing_rifle), type of firearm
- [Swing trading](/source/Swing_trading), when a tradable asset is held for one or more days to profit from price changes
- [Swinging (sexual practice)](/source/Swinging_(sexual_practice)), when partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others
- The [Swing Youth](/source/Swing_Youth) (German: *Swingjugend*), a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Nazi Germany

## See also

- [The Swing (disambiguation)](/source/The_Swing_(disambiguation))
- [Swings (disambiguation)](/source/Swings_(disambiguation))
- [Swinger (disambiguation)](/source/Swinger_(disambiguation))
- [Swingin' (disambiguation)](/source/Swingin'_(disambiguation))
- [Pendulum (disambiguation)](/source/Pendulum_(disambiguation))
- [Swung dash](/source/Swung_dash)

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