Leaving (Pet Shop Boys song)

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"Leaving"
Pet Shop Boys - Leaving.png
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Elysium
B-side
  • "Hell"
  • "In His Imagination"
  • "Baby" (2003 demo)
Released12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
Recorded2012
Genre Synth-pop
Length3:50
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Winner"
(2012)
"Leaving"
(2012)
"Memory of the Future"
(2012)
Music video
"Leaving" on YouTube

"Leaving" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their eleventh studio album, Elysium (2012). It was released as the album's second single on 12 October 2012. [1] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 44.

Contents

Track listings

CD single [2] / digital EP [3]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Leaving"
3:50
2."Hell"Pet Shop Boys3:33
3."In His Imagination"Pet Shop Boys4:54
4."Baby" (2003 demo)Pet Shop Boys3:47
CD single – Leaving Remixed [4]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Leaving" (Lost Her Love remix)Dusty Kid (remix)11:31
2."Leaving" (HappySad Remix on CD)Dawson (remix)6:14
3."Leaving" (demo)Pet Shop Boys4:16
Digital EP – Leaving Remixed [5]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Leaving" (Lost Her Love remix)Dusty Kid (remix)11:31
2."Leaving" (Believe in PSB remix)Pet Shop Boys (remix)6:44
3."Leaving" (demo)Pet Shop Boys4:16
Digital EP – Leaving Again [6]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Leaving" (PSB Side-by-side remix)Pet Shop Boys (remix)7:00
2."Leaving" (HappySad remix)Andrew Dawson (remix)6:14
3."Leaving" (PSB Freedom remix)Pet Shop Boys (remix)7:05
7-inch single
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Leaving"Andrew Dawson, Pet Shop Boys3:50
2."Leaving" (demo)Pet Shop Boys4:16
12-inch single [7]
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Leaving" (Lost Her Love remix)Dusty Kid (remix) 
2."Leaving" (HappySad remix)Andrew Dawson (remix) 
3."Leaving" (HappyHour remix)Andrew Dawson (remix) 

Charts

Chart performance for "Leaving"
Chart (2012–2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [8] 73
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [9] 45
France (SNEP) [10] 139
Germany (Official German Charts) [11] 35
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 77
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [13] 74
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] 69
Scotland (OCC) [15] 70
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 44
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [17] 10

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