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 single's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2017, there were 16 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one of the year was "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness, which spent the last two weeks of 2016 and the first week of 2017 atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was also "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)", which spent the last three weeks atop the chart.
The most successful single on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2017 was "Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, which hs spent a total of 20 weeks at number one. Royal Blood have been number one for six weeks with two releases, Linkin Park were number one for five weeks with "Numb", Foo Fighters have spent five weeks at number one with "Run" and "The Sky Is a Neighborhood", The Darkness have spent four weeks at number one with "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)", Guns N' Roses have spent three weeks at number one with "Sweet Child o' Mine", and Thirty Seconds to Mars spent two weeks at number one with "Walk on Water".
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 January"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"The DarknessMust Destroy12 January"Livin' on a Prayer"Bon JoviMercury19 January"Take on the World"You Me at SixInfectious26 January"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.2 February9 February16 February23 February"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls2 March"Dirty Laundry"All Time LowFueled by Ramen9 March"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.16 March"Sweet Child o' Mine"Guns N' RosesGeffen23 March"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.30 March6 April"Sweet Child o' Mine"Guns N' RosesGeffen13 April20 April"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili Peppers Warner Bros.27 April"Lights Out"Royal Blood4 May11 May"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili Peppers18 May25 May1 June"Hook, Line & Sinker"Royal Blood8 June"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili Peppers15 June"Run"Foo FightersRCA22 June29 June"Lights Out"Royal BloodWarner Bros.6 July13 July20 July"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili Peppers27 July3 August"Numb"Linkin Park10 August17 August24 August31 August7 September"Walk on Water"Thirty Seconds to MarsInterscope14 September"My Immortal"EvanescenceVirgin/Wind-up21 September"Walk on Water"Thirty Seconds to MarsInterscope28 September"The Sky Is a Neighborhood"Foo FightersColumbia5 October12 October19 October"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.26 October2 November9 November"Highway to Hell"AC/DCColumbia16 November"Immigrant Song"Led ZeppelinAtlantic23 November"Can't Stop"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.30 November7 December14 December"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"The DarknessMust Destroy21 December28 December
See also 2017 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2017
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