Swing
Encyclopedia
Swing or swinging may refer to:
- Swing (seat)Swing (seat)A swing is a hanging seat, usually found at playgrounds for children, a circus for acrobats, or on a porch for relaxing. The seat of a swing may be suspended from chains or ropes. Once a swing is in motion it continues to oscillate like a pendulum until external interference or drag brings it to a...
, a suspended seat often found in backyards or playgrounds
Sports
- Baseball swing, a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each
- Golf swingGolf stroke mechanicsGolf stroke mechanics is the means by which golfers make decisions and execute them in the sport of golf...
, the means by which golfers make decisions (selecting clubs, selecting shots) and execute them (making shots) in the sport of golf - Swing bowlingSwing bowlingSwing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as swing bowlers. Swing bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling.-Physics of swing bowling:...
, a subtype of fast bowling in cricket - Swing (boxing)Swing (boxing)The swing is a type of hook, with the main difference being that in the swing the arm is usually more extended....
Artists
- Swing (music group)Swing (music group)Swing is a Hong Kong musical duo that was founded in 1999. The members are Eric Kwok and Jerald Chan. The former name of the group is Snowman. Their best known work is 1984 and A ticket in half（半張飛）....
, a Hong Kong pop music group - Swing (band)Swing (band)Swing is a Canadian néo-trad band of Franco-Ontarian origins. The two main members of Swing are Michel Bénac and Jean-Philippe Goulet.-Profile:...
, a Canadian néo-trad band
Concepts
- Swing (jazz performance style)Swing (jazz performance style)In jazz and related musical styles, the term swing is used to describe the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" created by the musical interaction between the performers, especially when the music creates a "visceral response" such as feet-tapping or head-nodding...
, term used to describe the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz - Swing music, a style of jazz from the 1930s-1940s, also called "swing jazz"
Songs and albums
- Swing!Swing!Swing! is a musical conceived by Paul Kelly with music by various artists. It celebrates the music of the Swing era of jazz , including many well-known tunes by artists like Duke Ellington, William "Count" Basie, Benny Goodman and others...
, a 1999 Broadway musical - Swing (album), 1997 album by The Manhattan Transfer
- "Swing" (song), a 2005 song by New Zealand performer Savage, released again in 2008 featuring Soulja Boy
- "Swing", a song by Trace AdkinsTrace AdkinsTracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
- "Swing", a song by YelloYelloYello is a Swiss electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are probably best known for their singles "The Race" and "Oh Yeah", which feature a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals, as does most of their music....
- "Swing", a song by Taking Back SundayTaking Back SundayTaking Back Sunday is a rock band from Long Island, NY, formed in 1999 by guitarist Eddie Reyes. Current members of the band are Adam Lazzara , John Nolan , Eddie Reyes , Shaun Cooper and Mark O'Connell ....
- Swing Time RecordsSwing Time RecordsSwing Time Records was a United States based record label, active in the 1940s. The label was founded by Jack Lauderdale in 1947 and was headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Swing Time went bankrupt in 1953....
, a record label - The SwingThe SwingThe Swing is Australian rock band INXS's fourth studio album, released in 1984. The lead single "Original Sin" was recorded in New York City with Nile Rodgers and featured Daryl Hall on backing vocals...
, a 1984 album by Australian rock band INXS - "Swing, SwingSwing, Swing"Swing, Swing" is the title of a song written and recorded by American alternative rock group The All-American Rejects. It was released in December 2002 as their first single from their debut album The All-American Rejects.-Composition:...
", a 2003 song by the All-American Rejects - "Swingin'Swingin'"Swingin" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer John Anderson. Released in 1983, it was included on his album Wild & Blue. The song was the second of five Number One singles in Anderson's career, spending one week at the top of the Hot Country Songs charts...
", 1983 single by John Anderson - "SwingingSwingingSwinging or partner swapping is a non-monogamous behavior, in which both partners in a committed relationship agree, as a couple, for both partners to engage in sexual activities with other couples as a recreational or social activity...
", a song by Tom Molloy
Other
- Swing, a term in musical theatre for an understudyUnderstudyIn theater, an understudy is a performer who learns the lines and blocking/choreography of a regular actor or actress in a play. Should the regular actor or actress be unable to appear on stage because of illness or emergencies, the understudy takes over the part...
who prepares several roles - New jack swingNew jack swingNew jack swing or swingbeat is a fusion genre spearheaded by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle which became extremely popular from the late-1980s into the mid-1990s. Its influence, along with hip-hop, seeped into pop culture and was the definitive sound of the inventive Black New York club scene...
, a hybrid of hip hop and R&B that first emerged in 1987
Films and television
- Swing (2002 film)Swing (2002 film)- Synopsis :In a suburb of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ten year old boy, Max, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother. He hears Manouche gypsy Romani music being played in a local bar, and loves it. He goes to visit the gypsies in search of a guitar, where he meets a young Romani tomboy,...
2002 French film by Tony Gatlif - Swing (2003 film)Swing (2003 film)Swing is an American romantic comedy film starring Constance Brenneman, Innis Casey, Tom Skerritt, Jacqueline Bisset, Jonathan Winters, Nell Carter, Dahlia Waingort, Adam Tomei, Barry Bostwick, Mindy Cohn and directed by Martin Guigui.-Plot:...
2003 American film by Martin Guigui - Swing (2010 film)Swing (2010 film)Swing is a 2010 short film on anti-smoking directed by . The film stars Amrita neve in the female lead. DOP of the film has been carried out by Rajesh K....
, 2010 Hindi short film - Swing (2011 film)Swing (2011 film)Swing is a short film, made in Kuwait in 2011, that sums up the story of life. The film, starring Ema Shah, Aida, and Karkar, was written and directed by Abdullah Al-Daihani, and edited by Yousef Al-Mujeem. The music was composed by Ibrahim Al-Mazidi....
, 2011 Kuwaiti short film
Politics
- Swing (politics)Swing (politics)An electoral swing analysis shows the extent of change in voter support from one election to another. It is an indicator of voter support for individual candidates or political parties, or voter preference between two or more candidates or parties...
, an indication of the scale of voter change - Swing (Australian politics)Swing (Australian politics)The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from the one employed in the UK. For the Australian House of Representatives and the lower houses of the parliaments of all the Australian states and territories except Tasmania and the ACT), Australia employs preferential voting in...
, the swing between the last two remaining parties in a preferential voting election - Swing (United Kingdom)Swing (United Kingdom)An Electoral Swing Analysis shows the extent of change in voter support from one election to another. It can be used as a means of comparison between individual candidates or political parties for a given electoral region or demographic....
, in a British political context is a single figure used as an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties - Captain SwingCaptain SwingCaptain Swing was the name appended to some of the threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830, when labourers rioted over the introduction of new threshing machines and the loss of their livelihoods...
, an imaginary leader of the Swing Riots
Computing
- Swing (Java)Swing (Java)Swing is the primary Java GUI widget toolkit. It is part of Oracle's Java Foundation Classes — an API for providing a graphical user interface for Java programs....
, Sun's lightweight GUI library for the Java programming language - Swing (video game)Swing (video game)Swing is a computer puzzle game, released for the PlayStation and PC, developed in Germany by the now defunct Software 2000.In the USA, a similar game was released under the name "Marble Master"...
, a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation
Other uses
- Captain Swing (play)Captain Swing (play)Captain Swing is a 1979 play by British playwright Peter Whelan. It was Whelan's first play for the Royal Shakespeare Company.Captain Swing, a romantic play of 1830 by F. Brett Young and W. Edward Stirling....
, a 1979 play by Peter Whelan - Sex swing, a type of harness specifically for the purpose of sexual intercourse
- The Swing (painting)The Swing (painting)The Swing , also known as The Happy Accidents of the Swing , is an 18th century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. It is considered as one of the masterpieces of the rococo era.-The painting:...
, a 1767 rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard