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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:

Film and television

Films

• Swan Song (1945 film), an Argentine film
• Swan Song (1967 film), a Shaw Brothers film
• Swan Song (1980 film), a television film directed by Jerry London and written by Michael Mann
• Swan Song (1992 film), a film adaptation of Chekhov's play (see below)
• Swansong – the Story of Occi Burne, a 2009 film awarded a prize at 8th Irish Film & Television Awards
• Swan Song (2021 Benjamin Cleary film), an American drama film starring Mahershala Ali
• Swan Song (2021 Todd Stephens film), an American drama film starring Udo Kier
• Swan Song (2023 film), a Canadian documentary film by Chelsea McMullan

Television episodes

• "Swan Song" (Castle)
• "Swan Song" (Columbo)
• "Swan Song" (Dawson's Creek)
• "Swan Song" (Gilmore Girls)
• "Swan Song" (Glee)
• "Swan Song" (NCIS)
• "Swan Song" (Once Upon a Time)
• "Swan Song" (Supernatural)
• "Swan Song", a retrospective episode of House that preceded the series' final episode, " Everybody Dies"

Literature

• Swansong (play), a one-act play by Anton Chekhov
• Swan Song (McCammon novel), a horror novel by Robert R. McCammon
• Swan Song (Stableford novel), a novel in the Hooded Swan series by Brian Stableford
• Swan Song, a 1928 novel by John Galsworthy in The Forsyte Saga
• Swan Song (Crispin novel), a 1947 detective novel by Edmund Crispin
• "Swan Song", a short story by Agatha Christie collected in The Listerdale Mystery
• Swan Song, a novella by Liviu Rebreanu
• Swansong (Andrew novel), a 2019 novel by Kerry Andrew
• "Swansong", a short story by Shena Mackay in her 2008 collection The Atmospheric Railway

Music

• Swan Song Records, a record label founded by Led Zeppelin
• 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

Albums

• Swan Song (album), a 2021 album by The Plot in You
• Swansong (album), a 1996 album by Carcass
• Swansongs (Chocolate Genius Album) (2010)
• Swan Songs (Epik High album) (2005)
• Swan Songs (Hollywood Undead album) (2008)
• Swansongs, a 1996 album by Flowing Tears

Songs

• "Swan Song" (song), a 2019 song by Dua Lipa from the film Alita: Battle Angel
• "Swan Song", a song by the Bee Gees from Idea
• "SwanSong", a song by the Boo Radleys from Learning to Walk
• "Swan Song", a song by Brand X from Is There Anything About?
• "Swan Song", a song by Down from NOLA
• "SwanSong", a song by Dubstar from Make It Better
• "Swan Song", a song by Grimes from Halfaxa
• "SwanSong", a song by Kristy Hanson from Already Gone (album)
• "Swan Song", a song by His Name Is Alive from Ft. Lake
• "Swansong", a song by Howards Alias from ep.i.phan.ic
• "Swan Song", a song by KinKi Kids from J Album
• "Swan Song", an unreleased song by Led Zeppelin, recorded by The Firm as "Midnight Moonlight" for The Firm
• "Swan Song", a song by Lovebites from Electric Pentagram
• "SwanSong", a song by Nurse with Wound from Alas the Madonna Does Not Function
• "SwanSong", a song by Rae & Christian from Northern Sulphuric Soul
• "Swan Song", a song by Lana Del Rey from Honeymoon
• Swansong, a 1989 composition for radio by David Sawer
• "Swan Song", a song by Set It Off
• "SwanSong", a song by 7 Seconds from Soulforce Revolution
• "Swan Song", a song by Unwritten Law from Swan
• "Swan Song", a song by Jessie Ware from Devotion
• "The Swan Song", a song by Within Temptation from The Silent Force
• "Swan Song", a song by Luniz from Silver & Black
• "Swan Song", a song by Saweetie and Niki from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album
• "Swan Song", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from The Silver Cord

Video games

• Swan Song, a visual novel game by Flying Shine
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong, a role-playing video game by Big Bad Wolf

See also

• "Sing Swan Song", from Ege Bamyası by Can
• Labudova pesma (Swan song), an album by Riblja Čorba

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