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 2013, there were 15 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Back in Black" by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart. AC/DC also had the final number-one single of the year, "Highway to Hell", which topped the chart in the final week of 2013 and the first of 2014.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2013 was "Still Into You", the second single from Paramore's self-titled fourth studio album Paramore, which spent a total of seventeen weeks at number one during the year, including a single run of seven consecutive weeks. Fall Out Boy spent sixteen weeks at number one with four singles: "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)", "The Phoenix", "Alone Together" and "Young Volcanoes". You Me at Six were number one for five weeks during the year, three of which were with "Lived a Lie" and two of which were for "Fresh Start Fever". "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls was number one for four weeks, while Biffy Clyro spent four weeks at number one with two releases: "Black Chandelier" and "Opposite". AC/DC spent three weeks atop the chart in 2013.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 January"Back in Black"AC/DCEpic12 January19 January"Kiss the Ring"My Chemical RomanceReprise26 January"Black Chandelier"Biffy Clyro14th Floor2 February9 February16 February"My Songs Know What YouDid in the Dark (Light Em Up)"Fall Out BoyDef Jam23 February2 March9 March16 March23 March30 March6 April13 April"The Phoenix"20 April"Still Into You"ParamoreDecaydance/Fueled by Ramen27 April4 May11 May"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.18 May"Still Into You"ParamoreDecaydance/Fueled by Ramen25 May1 June8 June15 June22 June29 June6 July"My Immortal"EvanescenceVirgin/Wind-up13 July"Opposite"Biffy Clyro14th Floor20 July"Still Into You"ParamoreDecaydance/Fueled by Ramen27 July3 August10 August17 August24 August31 August"Alone Together"Fall Out BoyDef Jam7 September14 September"Lived a Lie"You Me at SixBMG Rights21 September28 September"Still Into You"ParamoreDecaydance/Fueled by Ramen5 October"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.12 October19 October26 October"You Wanna Know"Don BrocoSearch and Destroy2 November"Lived a Lie"You Me at SixBMG Rights9 November"Young Volcanoes"Fall Out BoyDef Jam16 November23 November30 November7 December14 December"Fresh Start Fever"You Me at SixBMG Rights21 December28 December"Highway to Hell"AC/DCColumbia
See also 2013 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2013
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company at BBC Radio 1