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 2003, there were 23 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Still Waiting" by American pop punk band Sum 41, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by glam rock band The Darkness.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2003 was "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence, which spent ten weeks at number one. The band also topped the chart with "My Immortal". Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" spent six weeks at number one, with the band also reaching number one with "Girls & Boys" (for three weeks) and "The Anthem" (for two weeks). "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness was number one for six weeks, while "Somewhere I Belong" by Linkin Park spent five weeks atop the chart. "Still Waiting" by Sum 41, "Times Like These" by Foo Fighters and "Fortune Faded" by Red Hot Chili Peppers were all number one for two weeks, while Iron Maiden and Muse spent two weeks at number one in 2003 with two releases each.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.4 January"Still Waiting"Sum 41Mercury11 January18 January"Times Like These"Foo FightersRCA25 January1 February"Stormy in the North, Karma in the South"The WildheartsRound8 February"Shut Up"Kelly OsbourneEpic15 February"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"Good Charlotte22 February1 March8 March15 March22 March29 March"Somewhere I Belong"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.5 April12 April19 April26 April"Couldn't Have Said It Better"Meat LoafMercury3 May"Somewhere I Belong"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.10 May"Girls & Boys"Good CharlotteEpic17 May24 May"All About Lovin' You"Bon JoviMercury31 May"Girls & Boys"Good CharlotteEpic7 June"There There"RadioheadParlophone14 June"Bring Me to Life"EvanescenceEpic21 June28 June5 July12 July19 July26 July2 August9 August16 August23 August"Did My Time"Korn30 August"The Anthem"Good Charlotte6 September13 September"Wildest Dreams"Iron MaidenEMI20 September"Time Is Running Out"MuseEast West27 September"Someday"NickelbackRoadrunner4 October"I Believe in a Thing Called Love"The DarknessMust Destroy11 October18 October25 October1 November8 November15 November"Burn Burn"LostprophetsVisible Noise22 November"Fortune Faded"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.29 November6 December"Rainmaker"Iron MaidenEMI13 December"Hysteria"MuseEast West20 December"My Immortal"EvanescenceEpic27 December"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"The DarknessMust Destroy
See also 2003 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2003
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