Swing
Wikimedia disambiguation page
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
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
Swung rhythm, a rhythmic style in music
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", 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
Swinging (TV series), an Australian kids TV series.
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