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 1999, there were 14 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one of the year was Resurrection, an extended play by American industrial metal band Fear Factory, which spent the last two weeks of 1998 and the first week of 1999 at number one. The final number-one single of the year was "She's Got Issues" by American pop punk band The Offspring.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 1999 was "Why Don't You Get a Job?" by The Offspring, which spent a total of eleven weeks at number one. The band also topped the chart for four weeks with "She's Got Issues". "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" by Travis spent ten weeks at number one, while "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses was number one for six weeks over two three-week spells. Def Leppard were number one for five weeks in 1999 with "Promises" (three weeks) and "Goodbye" (two weeks); Skunk Anansie's "Charlie Big Potato" and Rage Against the Machine's "Guerrilla Radio" spent four weeks each at number one; Bon Jovi's "Real Life" was number one for three weeks; and Metallica spent three weeks at number one with "The Unforgiven II" (one week) and "Whiskey in the Jar" (two weeks).
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.2 January"Resurrection"Fear FactoryRoadrunner9 January"November Rain"Guns N' RosesGeffen16 January23 January30 January"The Unforgiven II"MetallicaVertigo6 February"November Rain"Guns N' RosesGeffen13 February20 February27 February"Whiskey in the Jar"MetallicaVertigo6 March13 March"Charlie Big Potato"Skunk AnansieVirgin20 March27 March3 April10 April"Real Life"Bon JoviReprise17 April24 April1 May"Baby Britain"Elliott SmithDreamWorks8 May"Why Don't You Get a Job?"The OffspringColumbia15 May22 May29 May5 June12 June19 June26 June3 July10 July17 July24 July"Promises"Def LeppardBludgeon Riffola31 July7 August14 August"Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"TravisIndependiente21 August28 August4 September11 September18 September25 September2 October9 October"Goodbye"Def LeppardBludgeon Riffola16 October23 October"Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"TravisIndependiente30 October6 November"Guerrilla Radio"Rage Against the MachineEpic13 November20 November27 November4 December"She's Got Issues"The OffspringColumbia11 December18 December"From This Day"Machine HeadRoadrunner25 December"She's Got Issues"The OffspringColumbia
See also 1999 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 1999
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