Swing
# 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 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, 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, 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", 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
* "Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album Atlas
* "Swing", 2014, by Super Junior-M from the album Swing
* "Swing", 1983, by Yello
* "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 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), 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, 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
