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 2008, there were ten singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Long Road to Ruin" by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, which spent the last three weeks of 2007 and the first of 2008 atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was "All Summer Long" by American country rock musician Kid Rock.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2008 was "Rockstar" by Canadian band Nickelback, which spent 23 weeks at number one during the year, including a single run of 20 consecutive weeks. The band spent a total of 29 weeks atop the chart in 2008, with "Photograph" and "Gotta Be Somebody" each spending three weeks at number one. Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" spent a total of 16 weeks at number one during the year, including separate runs of eight and seven consecutive weeks. Only one single – Enter Shikari's "We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape" – spent two weeks at number one.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 January"Long Road to Ruin"Foo FightersRCA12 January"Rockstar"NickelbackRoadrunner19 January26 January2 February"Scream Aim Fire"Bullet for My Valentine20-209 February"Rockstar"NickelbackRoadrunner16 February23 February1 March8 March15 March22 March29 March5 April12 April19 April26 April3 May10 May17 May24 May31 May7 June14 June21 June28 June"I Am the Message"FightstarGut5 July"Photograph"NickelbackRoadrunner12 July19 July26 July"All Summer Long"Kid RockAtlantic2 August9 August16 August23 August30 August6 September13 September20 September"C-lebrity"Queen + Paul RodgersParlophone27 September"All Summer Long"Kid RockAtlantic4 October11 October18 October25 October1 November8 November15 November"We Can Breathe in Space, TheyJust Don't Want Us to Escape"Enter ShikariAmbush Reality22 November29 November"Gotta Be Somebody"NickelbackRoadrunner6 December13 December20 December"Smile Pretty for the Devil"Children of BodomSpinefarm27 December"All Summer Long"Kid RockAtlantic
See also 2008 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2008
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