Swing or swinging may refer to:

Apparatus

Swing (seat) A swing is a seat, often found at playgrounds for children, at a circus for acrobats, or on a porch for relaxing, although they may also be items of indoor furniture, such as the Latin American hammock or the Indian oonjal. The seat of a swing ...

, a hanging seat that swings back and forth *

Pendulum A pendulum is a weight suspended from a wikt:pivot, pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, Mechanical equilibrium, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that ...

, an object that swings * Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus * Sex swing, a type of harness for sexual intercourse *

Swing ride The swing ride or chair swing ride (sometimes called a swing carousel, wave swinger, yo-yo, waver swinger, Chair-O-Planes, Dodo or swinger) is an amusement ride that is a variation on the carousel in which the seats are suspended from the r ...

, 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. The name derived from its emphasis on the off-beat, or nominally weaker beat. Swing bands ...

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

Groups and labels

Swing (Canadian band) LGS standing for Le Groupe Swing is a Canadian néo-trad band of Franco-Ontarian origins. The band started as Swing before change of name in 2017. The two main members of Swing are Michel Bénac and Jean-Philippe Goulet. Biography Contrarily to wh ...

, a Canadian néo-trad band *

Swing (Hong Kong band) Swing is a Hong Kong musical duo that was founded in 1999. The members are Eric Kwok and Jerald Chan. The group was formerly known as "Snowman". Their best known work is "1984" and "A ticket in half" （半張飛）. Swing was disbanded in 2002 ...

, 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'', 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 December 2, 2002. Background "Swing, Swing" was written by Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter. Accor ...

", 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 Ha ...

'' * "Swing", 2015, by Knuckle Puck from the album ''

Copacetic Copacetic may refer to: * ''Copacetic'' (Velocity Girl album), 1993 * ''Copacetic'' (Knuckle Puck album), 2015 {{disambiguation ...

'' * "Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album ''

Atlas An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geograp ...

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

Swing Swing or swinging may refer to: Apparatus * Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth * Pendulum, an object that swings * Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus * Sex swing, a type of harness for sexual intercourse * Swing rid ...

'' * "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) Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular " swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that ha ...

, 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 theater, 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 a ...

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

Politics

* Swing (politics), the extent of change in voter support ** Swing (Australian politics), refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another **

Swing (United Kingdom) Swing, in the politics of the United Kingdom, is a number used as an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties. It originated as a mathematical calculation for comparing the results of two Parliamentary constituencies ...

, an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties *

Captain Swing "Captain Swing" was a name that was appended to several threatening letters during the rural Swing Riots of 1830, when labourers rioted over the introduction of new threshing machines and the loss of their livelihoods. The name was made-up and ...

, a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830

Sports

Swing (boxing) The swing is a type of hook, with the main difference being that in the swing the arm is usually more extended. Image:swing1.jpg, '' right hook in attack'' Image:drop3.jpg, right hook counter punch Image: cadrage1.jpg, right hook(in corner)' ...

, 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, 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 Swing Bike is a brand of bicycle which allowed for steering at both the front wheel and the rear wheel. The design was patented by Ralph Belden in 1974, brought to market in 1975, and discontinued by 1978. The name has come to mean any bike with a ...

, a bicycle where both front and rear wheels are steerable * Swing Flugsportgeräte, German aircraft manufacturer

Other uses

* Swing (Java), a GUI widget toolkit for the Java programming language *

Swing (surname) Swing is an English language surname. People with this surname include: * Catherine Swing, Canadian television personality, director, and producer * David Swing (1830–1894), American teacher and clergyman * DeVante Swing (born 1969), American m ...

* Swing rifle, type of firearm * Swing 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