List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2013

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.

Paramore's "Still Into You" was the longest-running number one of 2013, spending 17 weeks atop the chart.

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

Two singles by You Me at Six reached number one: "Lived a Lie" (three weeks) and "Fresh Start Fever" (two weeks).

"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls spent four weeks at number one in 2013.

Biffy Clyro topped the chart twice in 2013 with "Black Chandelier" (three weeks) and "Opposite" (one week).

AC/DC were number one during the first two weeks and the last week of the year, with "Back in Black" and "Highway to Hell", respectively.

Issue date	Single	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
5 January	"Back in Black"	AC/DC	Epic
12 January
19 January	"Kiss the Ring"	My Chemical Romance	Reprise
26 January	"Black Chandelier"	Biffy Clyro	14th Floor
2 February
9 February
16 February	"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"	Fall Out Boy	Def Jam
23 February
2 March
9 March
16 March
23 March
30 March
6 April
13 April	"The Phoenix"
20 April	"Still Into You"	Paramore	Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen
27 April
4 May
11 May	"Iris"	Goo Goo Dolls	Warner Bros.
18 May	"Still Into You"	Paramore	Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen
25 May
1 June
8 June
15 June
22 June
29 June
6 July	"My Immortal"	Evanescence	Virgin/Wind-up
13 July	"Opposite"	Biffy Clyro	14th Floor
20 July	"Still Into You"	Paramore	Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen
27 July
3 August
10 August
17 August
24 August
31 August	"Alone Together"	Fall Out Boy	Def Jam
7 September
14 September	"Lived a Lie"	You Me at Six	BMG Rights
21 September
28 September	"Still Into You"	Paramore	Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen
5 October	"Iris"	Goo Goo Dolls	Warner Bros.
12 October
19 October
26 October	"You Wanna Know"	Don Broco	Search and Destroy
2 November	"Lived a Lie"	You Me at Six	BMG Rights
9 November	"Young Volcanoes"	Fall Out Boy	Def Jam
16 November
23 November
30 November
7 December
14 December	"Fresh Start Fever"	You Me at Six	BMG Rights
21 December
28 December	"Highway to Hell"	AC/DC	Columbia

See also

• 2013 in British music
• List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2013

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