October is a month of changing seasons. Many musicians have been inspired by this transformative time of year, creating songs about its beauty, melancholy, and charm. Below you’ll find a list of great songs about October events and the month itself.
Be sure to check out the Songs About October Playlist at the bottom of this page.
Best Songs About October
1. “October Song” – Amy Winehouse
Lyric Sample: “Today my bird flew away, gone to find her big blue jay.”
This 2003 folk-influenced track is about Winehouse’s grief over her pet bird, which died in October. It was written before Winehouse became famous.
2. “October” – U2
Lyric Sample: “October, and the trees are stripped bare of all they wear.”
This minimalist track from U2 is about the search for spiritual meaning in a world that keeps changing, with the month being a symbol for transition.
3. “We Fell in Love in October” – Girl in Red
Lyric Sample: “We fell in love in October, that’s why I love fall.”
This 2018 indie-pop tune is about a romance that arrived with the season and made the month feel like it belonged to the two of them.
4. “October Nights” – Yellowcard
Lyric Sample: “I wish the sun would hide his head so I could watch you dream some more.”
Yellowcard’s 2003 pop-punk love song is about lying awake next to someone and not wanting the night to end.
5. “October Sky” – YEBBA
Lyric Sample: “There’s a picture of us in a layer of dust on the mantle.”
This 2021 song is about a daughter who lost her mother and finds herself carrying that grief in a city still recovering from September 11th.
6. “October Skies” – Mumford & Sons
Lyric Sample: “In the silver light, I just made out your silhouette through the quickening haze.”
“October Skies” is a 2018 indie track about being paralyzed by anxiety and finding that one person’s love is enough to restore hope when nothing else is working.
7. “October Sky” – Javier
Lyric Sample: “When you kissed me goodbye, I could taste every lie.”
Javier’s 2003 song is about a relationship that has gone completely cold and the clarity of finally seeing it for what it is.
8. “One Night in October” – Little Comets
Lyric Sample: “One night in October, the clocks go back, and she attacks me.”
Little Comets’ biggest hit is about a couple who have been fighting finally hit a breaking point on one (or more than one) October night.
9. “Forest of October” – Opeth
Lyric Sample: “The forest of October sleeps silent when I depart.”
This 1995 progressive death metal track is about spiritual suffering and longing for release, with the narrator carrying so much pain that his only wish is to leave his cold and lonely existence behind.
10. “October” – Broken Bells
Lyric Sample: “Wrong just seems so right ’til the spark of morning light.”
“October” is a 2010 indie track about a person on the verge of repeating a painful family pattern and someone who loves them trying to get through before it’s too late.
11. “Moondance” – Van Morrison
Lyric Sample: “Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance, with the stars up above in your eyes.”
This 1970 classic is about a perfect October night when the mood is right, and the only thing on Morrison’s mind is dancing with the woman he loves under the autumn moon.
Related: Best Songs About the Moon
12. “October All Over” – Unwound
Lyric Sample: “Only in October, now it’s nearly over, maybe in November if you can remember.”
This 1998 post-punk track is about emotional stagnation and the black humor of laughing so hard you cry when you have nothing else left to do with how bad things feel.
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