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"Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls was the longest-running number-one of 2012, spending 23 weeks atop the chart.

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

Linkin Park topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart with two singles in 2012: "Burn It Down" (seven weeks) and "What I've Done" (two weeks).
You Me at Six spent five weeks at number one in 2012 – four with "The Swarm" and one with "Reckless".
AC/DC topped the chart with "Back in Black" in December, which remained at number one for four weeks.
Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" spent three weeks atop the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2012.
The Gaslight Anthem topped the chart for two weeks in 2012 with "45".
Issue date Single Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
7 January "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros.
14 January
21 January
28 January
4 February
11 February
18 February
25 February
3 March
10 March "Bring Me to Life" Evanescence Epic
17 March "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros.
24 March "Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi Mercury
31 March "The Swarm" You Me at Six Virgin
7 April
14 April
21 April
28 April "Burn It Down" Linkin Park Warner Bros.
5 May
12 May
19 May "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls
26 May
2 June "Burn It Down" Linkin Park
9 June
16 June "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls
23 June "What I've Done" Linkin Park
30 June
7 July "Burn It Down" Linkin Park
14 July
21 July "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls
28 July
4 August "45" The Gaslight Anthem Vertigo
11 August
18 August "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros.
25 August "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen Island
1 September "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros.
8 September "Paradise City" Guns N' Roses Polydor
15 September "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros.
22 September
29 September "Somewhere in Neverland" All Time Low Hopeless
6 October "I Lie Lonely" Joseph Whelan Rok
13 October "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros.
20 October
27 October "Reckless" You Me at Six Virgin
3 November "Bring Me to Life" Evanescence Epic
10 November
17 November "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls Warner Bros.
24 November
1 December "Back in Black" AC/DC Epic
8 December
15 December
22 December
29 December "The World Is Ugly" My Chemical Romance Reprise

See also

References

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