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 2012, there were 14 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, which spent the first nine weeks of the year atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was "The World Is Ugly", the third release from My Chemical Romance's compilation Conventional Weapons.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2012 was "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, which spent 23 weeks at number one across ten different spells. Linkin Park spent nine weeks at number one with "Burn It Down" (seven weeks) and "What I've Done" (two weeks), while You Me at Six were number one for five weeks with "The Swarm" (four weeks) and "Reckless" (one week). "Back in Black" by AC/DC was number one for four consecutive weeks in 2012, "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence spent three weeks atop the chart in two spells, and "45" by The Gaslight Anthem was number one for two weeks in 2012.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.7 January"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.14 January21 January28 January4 February11 February18 February25 February3 March10 March"Bring Me to Life"EvanescenceEpic17 March"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.24 March"Livin' on a Prayer"Bon JoviMercury31 March"The Swarm"You Me at SixVirgin7 April14 April21 April28 April"Burn It Down"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.5 May12 May19 May"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls26 May2 June"Burn It Down"Linkin Park9 June16 June"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls23 June"What I've Done"Linkin Park30 June7 July"Burn It Down"Linkin Park14 July21 July"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls28 July4 August"45"The Gaslight AnthemVertigo11 August18 August"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.25 August"Bohemian Rhapsody"QueenIsland1 September"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.8 September"Paradise City"Guns N' RosesPolydor15 September"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.22 September29 September"Somewhere in Neverland"All Time LowHopeless6 October"I Lie Lonely"Joseph WhelanRok13 October"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.20 October27 October"Reckless"You Me at SixVirgin3 November"Bring Me to Life"EvanescenceEpic10 November17 November"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.24 November1 December"Back in Black"AC/DCEpic8 December15 December22 December29 December"The World Is Ugly"My Chemical RomanceReprise
See also 2012 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2012
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