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 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 rot ...

, 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 Swing Time Records was a United States-based record label active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The label was founded by Jack Lauderdale in 1947 as Down Beat Records and was headquartered in Los Angeles, California. In approximately October ...

, a record label

Albums

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

Songs

* Swing (Trace Adkins song), "Swing" (Trace Adkins song), 2006, by Trace Adkins * Swing (AMO song), "Swing" (AMO song), a 2012 song by Slovak hip hop band AMO * Swing (Savage song), "Swing" (Savage song), 2005, by New Zealand performer Savage, released again in 2008 featuring Soulja Boy * Swing (Sofi Tukker song), "Swing" (Sofi Tukker song), 2019 * The Swing (song), "The Swing" (song), 1997, by American country music artist James Bonamy * "Swing, Swing", 2003, by the All-American Rejects * "Swing", 1980, by Japan from the album ''Gentlemen Take Polaroids'' * "Swing", 2015, by Knuckle Puck from the album ''Copacetic (Knuckle Puck album), Copacetic'' * "Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album ''Atlas (Parkway Drive album), Atlas'' * "Swing", 2014, by Super Junior-M from the album ''Swing (EP), Swing'' * "Swing", 1983, by Yello * "Swing", 2019, by Brooke Candy from the album ''Sexorcism (Brooke Candy 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), ''Swing'' (musical), a 1999 Broadway musical * Swing (video game), ''Swing'' (video game), a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation * Swing, an understudy in the musical theatre who prepares several roles * The Swing (Fragonard), ''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), 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 (baseball), 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 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 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