Swing or swinging may refer to:

Apparatus

Swing (seat) A swing is a seat or platform, suspended from chains, ropes, or bars, on which one or more people can swing back and forth for enjoyment or relaxation. Swings are a common piece of equipment at children's playgrounds and may also be found in yard ...

, a hanging seat that swings back and forth *

Pendulum A pendulum is a device made of a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate i ...

, an object that swings * Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus * 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), an American film directed by Oscar Micheaux * ''Swing'' (1999 film), an American film by Nick Mead * ''Swing'' (2002 film), a French film by Tony Gatlif * ''Swing'' (2003 film), an American film by Martin Guigui * ''Swing'' (2010 film), a Hindi short film * ''Swing'' (2021 film), an American film by Michael Mailer

Music

Styles

* Swing (jazz performance style), the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz *

Swing music Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement ...

, a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s

Groups and labels

* Swing (Canadian band), a Canadian néo-trad band * Swing (Hong Kong band), a Hong Kong pop music group * Swing Time Records, a record label

Albums

* ''The Swing'' (INXS album), a 1984 album by Australian rock band INXS * ''Swing'' (The Manhattan Transfer album), 1997 album by The Manhattan Transfer * ''Swing'' (soundtrack), soundtrack of the 1999 film * ''Swing'', a 2009 album by Christian De Sica * ''Swing'' (Renée Geyer album), 2013 album by Renée Geyer * ''Swing'' (EP), a 2014 album by South Korean-Chinese group, ''Super Junior-M''

Songs

* "Swing" (Trace Adkins song), 2006, by Trace Adkins * "Swing" (AMO song), a 2012 song by Slovak hip hop band AMO * "Swing" (Savage song), 2005, by New Zealand performer Savage, released again in 2008 featuring Soulja Boy * "Swing" (Sofi Tukker song), 2019 * "The Swing" (song), 1997, by American country music artist James Bonamy * "

Swing, Swing "Swing, Swing" is a song by American rock band the All-American Rejects, released as their debut single from their self-titled debut studio album on November 25, 2002. Background "Swing, Swing" was written by Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter. A ...

", 2003, by the All-American Rejects * "Swing", 1980, by Japan from the album ''

Gentlemen Take Polaroids ''Gentlemen Take Polaroids'' is the fourth studio album by the English band Japan, released in November 1980 by Virgin Records. Background ''Gentlemen Take Polaroids'' was the band's first album for the Virgin Records label after leaving Han ...

'' * "Swing", 2015, by Knuckle Puck from the album '' Copacetic'' * "Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album ''

Atlas An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of world map, maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Advances in astronomy have also resulted in atlases of the celestial sphere or of other planets. Atlases have traditio ...

'' * "Swing", 2014, by Super Junior-M from the album '' Swing'' * "Swing", 1983, by

Yello Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979. For most of the band's history, Yello has been a duo consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank; founding member Carlos Perón left in 1983. Their sound is often charac ...

* "Swing", 2019, by Brooke Candy from the album '' Sexorcism''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Swing (dance), a group of dances that correspond to swing style of jazz music * ''Swing'' (musical), a 1999 Broadway musical * ''Swing'' (video game), a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation * Swing, an

understudy In theatre, an understudy, referred to in opera as cover or covering, is a performer who learns the lines and blocking or choreography of a regular actor, actress, or other performer in a play. Should the regular actor or actress be unable to ap ...

in the musical theatre who prepares several roles * ''The Swing'' (painting), a 1767 rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Politics

Swing (politics) An electoral swing analysis (or swing) shows the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election to another, expressed as a positive or negative percentage. A multi-party swing is an indicator of a change in the electorate's prefere ...

, the extent of change in voter support **

Swing (Australian politics) The term swing refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another, expressed as a positive or negative percentage point. For the Australian House of Representatives and the lower or unicameral h ...

, refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another ** Swing (United Kingdom), an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties * Captain Swing, a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830

Sports

* Swing (boxing), a type of punch * Baseball swing, the process of attempting to hit a ball with a bat in the game of baseball * Golf swing or golf stroke mechanics, the means by which golfers analyze the execute their shots in the sport of golf *

Swing bowling Swing bowling is a bowling (cricket), bowling technique in cricket, in which the ball is made to curve through the air. This is in the hope that the change in the ball's flight path will deceive the batter and cause them to play the ball incor ...

, a subtype of fast bowling in cricket

Transportation

* Aquilair Swing, a French ultralight trike aircraft design * S-Wing Swing, light sport aircraft designed and built in the Czech Republic * Swing Bike, a bicycle where both front and rear wheels are steerable * Swing Flugsportgeräte, German aircraft manufacturer

Other uses

Swing (Java) Swing is a Graphical user interface, GUI widget toolkit for Java (programming language), Java. It is part of Oracle Corporation, Oracle's Java Foundation Classes (JFC) – an Application programming interface, API for providing a graphi ...

, a GUI widget toolkit for the Java programming language * Swing (surname) * Swing rifle, type of firearm *

Swing trading Swing trading is a speculative trading strategy in financial markets where a tradable asset is held for one or more days in an effort to profit from price changes or 'swings'. A swing trading position is typically held longer than a day trading ...

, when a tradable asset is held for one or more days to profit from price changes * Swinging (sexual practice), when partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others