Siren

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Siren or sirens may refer to:

Common meanings

Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies
Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology

Places

Siren (town), Wisconsin
Siren, Wisconsin, a village
Siren Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Siren Rock, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica

People

Siren (surname)
Siren, stage name of female bodybuilder Shelley Beattie on the TV show American Gladiators
Siren, stage name of Valerie Waugaman on the 2008 revival of American Gladiators
Alexander Brandon (born 1974), American musician, known as "Siren" in the demoscene
Siren Sundby (born 1982), Norwegian Olympic sailor

Animals

Siren (genus), a genus of aquatic salamanders in the family Sirenidae
Hestina, a genus of brush-footed butterfly commonly called sirens
Sirenia, an order of aquatic mammals including dugongs and manatees
Sirenidae, a family of aquatic salamanders

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Siren (DC Comics), the name of two DC Comics characters
Siren (Transformers), a character from The Transformers: Headmasters
Siren, a character in Ice Age: Continental Drift
Siren, a minor character in Passions
Sirens, video game characters in Borderlands
Shadow Sirens, major antagonists (except Vivian) in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
The Siren, a character from the 1960s Batman TV series unrelated to the DC Comics Siren
Siren (Malibu Comics), a character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint

Films

The Siren (1917 film), a lost Fox film starring Valeska Suratt
The Siren (1927 film), an American melodrama directed by Byron Haskin
Siren (1968 film), a Belgian animated short film
Sirens (1994 film), starring Hugh Grant, directed by John Duigan
Sirens (1999 film), starring Dana Delany
Siren (2010 film), a horror film starring Eoin Macken
Siren (2013 film), starring Vinessa Shaw
Siren (2016 film), a 2016 horror film
Siren (2024 film), an Indian Tamil-language film

Literature

Siren (play), a 1990 play by David Williamson
Siren, a book by Tara Moss
"Sirens" (Ulysses episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
“The Siren”, a novel by Kiera Cass

Music

Groups

Sirens (American band), metalcore band from Terre Haute, Indiana
Sirens (British band), a Newcastle upon Tyne based girl group
Siren, a rock band featuring Kevin Coyne

Albums

Siren (Roxy Music album), 1975
Siren (Heather Nova album), 1998
Siren (Susumu Hirasawa album), 1996
Sirens (Kenneth Newby album), 1997
Sirens (Savatage album), 1983
Sirens (On the Might of Princes album), 2003
Sirens (Astarte album), 2004
Sirens (It Dies Today album), 2006
Sirens (S. J. Tucker album), 2006
Sirens (May Jailer album), unreleased demo album by Lana Del Rey, recorded in 2006 under the name May Jailer
Sirens (Nine Black Alps album), 2012
The Sirens (Chris Potter album), 2013
The Sirens (Into Eternity album), 2018
Sirens (Gorgon City album), 2014
Sirens (The Weepies album), 2015
Sirens (Woodlock EP), 2015
Sirens, by Ben Abraham, 2014
Sirens (Sublime with Rome album)
Sirens (Nicolas Jaar album), 2016
Sirens, an EP by Swingin' Utters, 2020

Songs

"Siren" (Malcolm Lincoln song)
"Siren" (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song), 2004
"Siren" (Ruby Gloom song), 2008
"Siren" (Paces song), 2018
"Siren (Never Let You Go)", by the Divinyls, 1983
"Siren" (Sunmi song), 2018
"Siren", by Tori Amos on the soundtrack on the 1998 film Great Expectations
"Siren", by Theater of Tragedy on the 1998 album Aégis
"Sirens" (Jeff Lynne song), 1990
"Sirens" (Dizzie Rascal song), 2007
"Sirens" (Pearl Jam song), 2013
"Sirens" (Cher Lloyd song), 2014
"Sirens" (Travis Scott song), 2023
"Sirens", by Angels & Airwaves on the 2007 album I-Empire
"Sirens", by Candiria on the 2008 album Kiss the Lie
"Sirens", by Coroner on the 1991 album Mental Vortex
"Sirens", by Markus Feehily on the 2015 album Fire
"Sirens", by Kelsea Ballerini on the 2015 album The First Time
"Sirens", the title track on the album Sirens by Savatage
"Sirens", by The String Cheese Incident on the album Untying the Not
"Sirens", 2012 song by Nell Bryden, also covered by Cher for the album Closer to the Truth
"Sirens", 2001 song by Tim Deluxe
"Sirens", 2022 song by Flume
"Sirens", 2022 song by Imagine Dragons on the 2022 album Mercury – Acts 1 & 2
"Sirens", by Tesseract on the 2023 album War of Being
"The Siren" (song), by Nightwish
"The Siren", by Graveyard on the 2011 album Hisingen Blues
"The Siren", a song on the album A Violent Emotion by Aesthetic Perfection
"The Sirens", song by George and Ira Gershwin from A Dangerous Maid 1921

Other uses in music

Acme Siren, a varying-pitch wind instrument, often found in the percussion section of orchestras
Sirènes ("Sirens"), a movement in the Debussy suite Nocturnes
The Sirens, Op. 33, by Reinhold Glière (1875–1956)

Paintings

The Siren (Waterhouse painting), a 1900 painting by John William Waterhouse
The Siren, 1888 painting by Edward Armitage

Sculptures

Siren (statue), a 2008 life-size statue by Marc Quinn
The Siren (sculpture), a 2005 sculpture by Norman J. Gitzen
Siren (bronze sculpture), Roman bronze sculpture ca. 1571–90
The Sirens (sculpture), an 1887 bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin
Tritón y Sirena, a sculpture in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Television

Series

Sirens (1993 TV series), an American crime drama series
Sirens (2002 TV serial), a two-part British serial
Sirens (2011 TV series), a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4
Sirens (2014 TV series), an American comedy program based on the Channel 4 series
Supermodel Me: Sirens, the fifth season of Asian's reality program Supermodel Me
Siren (TV series), a 2018 American fantasy drama series
Siren: Survive the Island, a 2023 South Korean reality competition series

Episodes

"Siren" (Millennium), television series episode
"Sirens", an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
"The Siren", an episode of Mako: Island of Secrets

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Siren (video game), 2003
Company of Sirens, a Canadian feminist theatre company
Siren (magazine), a bimonthly Canadian magazine
Siren FM, a community radio station based at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom
Siren Music Festival, an annual outdoor concert held at Coney Island, New York, from 2001 to 2010
The Siren (musical), a 1911 Broadway musical

Court cases

The Siren - see List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 74
The Siren - see List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 80

Military

HMS Siren, several Royal Navy ships
USS Siren, several US Navy ships
SS-N-9 Siren, NATO reporting name for the P-120 Malakhit, a Russian anti-ship missile

Sports

New York Sirens, a women's hockey team
Sacramento Sirens, a women's football team
Saskatoon Sirens, an expansion team in the Legends Football League
Sirens A.S.C., a waterpolo club in Malta
Sirens F.C., a football club in Malta
- Sirens Stadium, the club's home ground
Strathclyde Sirens, a Scottish netball team

Other uses

Siren (codec), an audio codec
Siren (fragrance), a perfume endorsed by Paris Hilton
SIREN code, a nine-digit number given to all French businesses
Siren Visual, an Australian-based DVD distribution company
SIREN, an open energy system model developed for Western Australia
Standard siren, a unit of gravitational waves