| Leaving October | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sons of the Desert |
| Album: | Whatever Comes First |
| Released: | January 17, 1998 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:28 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Johnny Slate, Doug Johnson |
| Prev Title: | Hand of Fate |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | What About You |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"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.[1] 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."[2]
A review in Billboard was positive, praising the "heartache and resignation" in Womack's voice, while calling the song itself "extremely powerful".[2] Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time considered the song a standout in his review of the album.[3]