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 1998, there were 12 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "The Memory Remains" by American heavy metal band Metallica, which spent the first four weeks of the year at number one. The final number one of the year was Resurrection, an extended play by American industrial metal band Fear Factory.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 1998 was "The Unforgiven II" by Metallica, which spent a total of ten weeks at number one during the year. The band also spent five weeks at number one with "The Memory Remains". "Lonely, Cryin', Only" by Therapy? and "Pressure On" by Roger Taylor spent six weeks each at number one; Sonic Youth's "Sunday" spent five weeks at number one; Marilyn Manson's Remix & Repent and Whale's "Crying at Airports" were both number one for four weeks; "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses and "Choke" by Sepultura spent three weeks each at number one; and "Mungo City" by Spacehog, "Wishlist" by Pearl Jam and Resurrection by Fear Factory spent two weeks each at number one on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart during 1998.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.3 January"The Memory Remains"MetallicaVertigo10 January17 January24 January31 January"Remix & Repent"Marilyn MansonInterscope7 February14 February21 February"The Memory Remains"MetallicaVertigo28 February"Remix & Repent"Marilyn MansonVertigo7 March"The Unforgiven II"MetallicaVertigo14 March21 March28 March4 April11 April18 April25 April2 May"Mungo City"SpacehogSire9 May16 May"The Unforgiven II"MetallicaVertigo23 May"Wishlist"Pearl JamEpic30 May"Lonely, Cryin', Only"Therapy?A&M6 June13 June20 June27 June4 July11 July"Sunday"Sonic YouthGeffen18 July25 July1 August8 August15 August"Wishlist"Pearl JamEpic22 August"The Unforgiven II"MetallicaVertigo29 August"Crying at Airports"WhaleHut5 September12 September19 September26 September"November Rain"Guns N' RosesGeffen3 October10 October"Pressure On"Roger TaylorParlophone17 October24 October31 October7 November14 November21 November"November Rain"Guns N' RosesGeffen28 November"Choke"SepulturaRoadrunner5 December12 December19 December"Resurrection"Fear Factory26 December
See also 1998 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 1998
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