Leaving October
| "Leaving October" | ||||
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| Single by Sons of the Desert | ||||
| from the album Whatever Comes First | ||||
| Released | January 17, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:28 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Drew Womack, Tom Douglas | |||
| Producer(s) | Johnny Slate, Doug Johnson | |||
| Sons of the Desert singles chronology | ||||
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"Leaving October" is a song recorded by American country music group Sons of the Desert. It was released in January 1998 as the third single from the album Whatever Comes First. The song reached #31 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by the band's lead singer Drew Womack, along with Tom Douglas.
The song is a ballad about the narrator missing his wife, who died in October 1989. In the chorus, he sings of the pain of her memory, saying that "If I live in the past, there's no future / Looking forward to leaving October behind."
A review in Billboard was positive, praising the "heartache and resignation" in Womack's voice, while calling the song itself "extremely powerful". Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time considered the song a standout in his review of the album.
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