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 2007, there were 22 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Different World", the second single from heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 14th studio album A Matter of Life and Death, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was "Long Road to Ruin", the second single from American alternative rock band Foo Fighters' sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, which spent the last three weeks of 2007 and the first of 2008 at number one.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2007 was "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance, which spent six consecutive weeks at number one early in the year. "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" by Enter Shikari spent five weeks at number one, while Linkin Park spent a total of five weeks at number one across two releases – "What I've Done" (three weeks) and "Bleed It Out" (two weeks). "Walk Away" by Funeral for a Friend was number one for four weeks, while "Tarantula" by The Smashing Pumpkins, "The Kiss of Dawn" by HIM, "Empty Walls" by Serj Tankian and "Long Road to Ruin" by Foo Fighters were all number one for three weeks. Releases from Iron Maiden, Evanescence, Muse, Lostprophets, Queens of the Stone Age, Nightwish and Gallows each spent two weeks at number one.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.6 January"Different World"Iron MaidenEMI13 January20 January"Lithium"EvanescenceWind-up27 January3 February"Famous Last Words"My Chemical RomanceReprise10 February17 February24 February3 March10 March17 March"Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour"Enter ShikariAmbush Reality24 March31 March7 April14 April21 April"Invincible"MuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.28 April5 May"4:AM Forever"LostprophetsVisible Noise12 May19 May"What I've Done"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.26 May2 June9 June"Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the HeartGuides the Hand)"Marilyn MansonInterscope16 June"3's & 7's"Queens of the Stone Age23 June30 June"Misery Business"ParamoreFueled by Ramen7 July"(You Want to) Make a Memory"Bon JoviMercury14 July"Tarantula"The Smashing PumpkinsReprise21 July28 July4 August"Walk Away"Funeral for a FriendAtlantic11 August18 August25 August1 September"Bleed It Out"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.8 September15 September"Amaranth"NightwishNuclear Blast22 September"The Kiss of Dawn"HIMSire29 September6 October"Deadly Lethal Ninja Assassin"ReubenHideous13 October"The Kiss of Dawn"HIMSire20 October"Amaranth"NightwishNuclear Blast27 October"Almost Easy"Avenged SevenfoldWarner Bros.3 November"Empty Walls"Serj TankianReprise10 November17 November24 November"Rockstar"NickelbackRoadrunner1 December"Staring at the Rude Bois"GallowsWarner Bros.8 December15 December"Long Road to Ruin"Foo FightersRCA22 December29 December
See also 2007 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2007
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