title: Swing
text: # 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
  