The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2002, there were 19 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "In Too Deep" by Canadian pop punk band Sum 41, which spent the first four weeks of the year atop the chart. Sum 41 also had the final number-one single of the year, with "Still Waiting" spending the last five weeks of the year atop the chart.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2002 was "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback, which spent twelve weeks at number one. The band also spent three weeks at number one with "Too Bad". Sum 41 spent nine weeks at number one in 2002 – five weeks with "Still Waiting" and four weeks with "In Too Deep" – while Red Hot Chili Peppers spent four weeks at number one, with both "By the Way" and "The Zephyr Song" topping the chart for two weeks. Alien Ant Farm's "Movies" was number one for three weeks, while Puddle of Mudd topped the chart for two weeks with "She Hates Me" and one with "Blurry". "Alive" by P.O.D., "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" by Bowling for Soup, "All My Life" by Foo Fighters and "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age spent two weeks at number one in 2002.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 January"In Too Deep"Sum 41Mercury12 January19 January26 January2 February"Alive"P.O.D.Atlantic9 February16 February"Movies"Alien Ant FarmDreamWorks23 February2 March9 March"How You Remind Me"NickelbackRoadrunner16 March23 March30 March"Tainted Love"Marilyn MansonMaverick6 April"How You Remind Me"NickelbackRoadrunner13 April20 April27 April4 May11 May18 May25 May1 June"Here to Stay"KornEpic8 June"How You Remind Me"NickelbackRoadrunner15 June"Blurry"Puddle of MuddGeffen22 June"Hero"Chad KroegerJosey ScottRoadrunner29 June6 July13 July"By the Way"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.20 July27 July"Hero"Chad Kroeger<br/ >Josey ScottRoadrunner3 August"Pts.OF.Athrty"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.10 August"Hero"Chad Kroeger<br/ >Josey ScottRoadrunner17 August"Girl All the Bad Guys Want"Bowling for SoupMusic for Nations24 August31 August"Too Bad"NickelbackRoadrunner7 September14 September21 September"Papa Don't Preach"Kelly OsbourneEpic28 September"Everyday"Bon JoviMercury5 October"She Hates Me"Puddle of MuddGeffen12 October19 October"All My Life"Foo FightersRCA26 October2 November"The Zephyr Song"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.9 November16 November"No One Knows"Queens of the Stone AgeInterscope23 November30 November"Still Waiting"Sum 41Mercury7 December14 December21 December28 December
See also 2002 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2002
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Singles at BBC Radio 1