Swan song (disambiguation)

Swan song is a reference to an ancient, controversial belief that swans sing just before they die, and also an idiom for a final performance or accomplishment.

Swan Song(s), The Swan Song or Swansong may also refer to:

Music

• Swan Song (Schubert) (Schwanengesang), a collection of songs by Franz Schubert
• Schwanengesang (Swan song), a poem by Johann Senn, set to music by Franz Schubert, unrelated to the above collection
• Swan Song Records, a record label founded by Led Zeppelin

Albums

• Swansong (album), a 1996 album by Carcass
• Swan Songs (Epik High album), 2005
• Swan Songs (Hollywood Undead album), 2008
• Swansongs, a 1996 album by Flowing Tears
• Swansongs (Chocolate Genius Album), 2010

Songs

• "Swan Song" (song), by the Bee Gees
• "Swan Song", by Down from NOLA
• "Swan Song", by KinKi Kids from J Album
• "Swan Song", an unreleased song by Led Zeppelin, recorded by The Firm as "Midnight Moonlight" for their album The Firm
• "Swan Song", by Set It Off
• "Swan Song", by Unwritten Law from Swan
• "Swansong", by Rae & Christian from Northern Sulphuric Soul
• "Swan Song", by Brand X from Is There Anything About?
• "Swan Song", by His Name Is Alive released on an EP with Ft. Lake
• "Swan Song", by Jessie Ware from Devotion
• "Swan Song", by Grimes from Halfaxa
• "The Swan Song", by Within Temptation from The Silent Force
• "Swan Song", by Lana del Rey from Honeymoon (Lana Del Rey album)
• Swansong, 1989 composition for radio by David Sawer
• "Swansong", by The Boo Radleys from Learning to Walk
• "Swansong", by Dubstar from Make It Better
• "Swansong", by Howards Alias from ep.i.phan.ic
• "Swansong", by Kristy Hanson from Already Gone (album)
• "Swansong", by 7 Seconds from album Soulforce Revolution
• "Swansong", by Nurse with Wound from Alas the Madonna Does Not Function
• "Swansong", by Bluebottle Kiss from Higher Up the Firetrails
• "Swansong for a Raven", from Cradle of Filth album Nymphetamine

Literature

• Swansong (play), a one-act play by Anton Chekhov
• Swan Song, a novel by John Galsworthy 1928, 6th volume of The Forsyte Saga
• Swan Song, a novel by Edmund Crispin 1947
• Swan Song (Robert R. McCammon novel), a horror novel by Robert R. McCammon
• Swan Song (Stableford novel), a novel in the Hooded Swan series by Brian Stableford
  • Swan Songs: The Complete Hooded Swan Collection, an omnibus collecting the Hooded Swan series
• "Swan Song", a short story by Agatha Christie collected in The Listerdale Mystery
• Swan Song, a visual novel produced by Flying Shine
• Swan Song (Cântecul lebedei), a novela by Liviu Rebreanu

Film, television and radio

• Swan Song (1945 film)
• Swan Song (1992 film), a 1992 film adaptation of Chekhov's short story
• Swansong – the Story of Occi Burne 2009 film awarded prize at 8th Irish Film & Television Awards
• "Swan Song" (Castle)
• "Swan Song" (Columbo)
• "Swan Song" (Dawson's Creek)
• "Swan Song" (Gilmore Girls)
• "Swan Song" (Glee)
• "Swan Song" (NCIS)
• "Swan Song" (Supernatural)
• "Swan Song" (Once Upon a Time)
• "Swan Song", a special retrospective episode of House that preceded the series' final episode, "Everybody Dies"
• "Swansong", episode of The Atmospheric Railway, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005
• Swan Song (1945 film), an Argentine film
• Swan Song (1967 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Luo Zhen
• Swan Song, a 1980 TV movie written by Michael Mann

See also

• Labudova pesma (Swan song), an album by Riblja Čorba