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Sway may refer to:
Places
edit- Sway, Hampshire, a village and civil parish in the New Forest in England
- Sway railway station, serving the village
People
edit- Sway (British musician) (born 1983), British hip hop/grime singer
- Sway Calloway (born 1971), American journalist, rapper, MTV News and radio anchor
- Sway Clarke II, Canadian singer/songwriter
- Espen Lind (born 1971), Norwegian singer who used the stage name Sway
- Jose Penala, Jose "Sway" Penala, appeared on American Idol Season 5
- Susan Wayland (born 1980), German glamour and latex model nicknamed Sway
- Sway (Japanese rapper) (born 1986), Japanese rapper and actor
Art and entertainment
editDance
edit- Sway (dance), a motion in ballroom dance
- Sway or schunkeln, a side to side motion in beer and music halls
Albums
edit- Sway (Blue October album), 2013, by Blue October
- Sway (Whirr album), 2014, by Whirr
- Sway (Tove Styrke album), 2018
Songs
edit- "¿Quién será?", or "Sway", a 1953 composition performed over the years by Dean Martin, Michael Bublé, Diana Krall, and many others
- "Sway With Me", Bill Haley & His Comets, 1958, US Decca
- "Sway" (Rolling Stones song), a 1971 song by The Rolling Stones
- "Sway", a song by Spiritualized from the 1992 album Lazer Guided Melodies
- "Sway" (Bic Runga song), a 1997 song by Bic Runga
- "Sway", a 1998 song by Coal Chamber
- "Sway", a song from 2001 album Believe in Nothing by Paradise Lost
- "Sway", a song from 2002 album Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton
- "Sway", a song by Fitz and the Tantrums from the 2022 album Let Yourself Free
- "Sway", a song by The Perishers from the 2003 album Let There Be Morning
- "Sway....", a song by Lostprophets from the 2004 album Start Something
- "Sway" (The Kooks song), a 2008 song by The Kooks
- "Sway", a song by Blue October, and the title track to the 2013 album Sway
- "Sway" (Danielle Bradbery song), a 2017 song by Danielle Bradbery
- "Sway" (Tove Styrke song), a 2018 song by Tove Styrke
Publications
edit- Sway, a 2008 novel by Zachary Lazar
- Sway (novel), a 2014 young adult novel by Kat Spears
Other art and entertainment
edit- Sex Week at Yale (SWAY) was a biennial event from 2002 to 2012
- Sway (comics), a 2006 Marvel character
- Sway (2006 film), a 2006 Japanese movie
- Sway (2024 film), a Canadian film directed by Charlie Hamilton and Zachary Ramelan
Other uses
edit- Sway (Office app), a web-based presentation application by Microsoft
- Sway, one of the linear degrees of freedom in engineering
- Sway (translational motion), one of the translational degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing motion along the transversal axis (from side to side)
- Postural sway, horizontal shift of person's center of gravity while standing (or attempting to stand) still
- Sway AS, a planned 10 MW wind turbine
- Sway bar, a part of an automobile suspension
- USS Sway (AM-120), an Auk-class minesweeper
- Sway (window manager), a Wayland window manager and compositor
See also
edit- Swaay, a 2015 EP by DNCE