List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1997

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"The Memory Remains" by Metallica was the longest-running number one of 1997, spending six 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.[1] In 1997, there were 21 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "In the Meantime", the debut single by alternative rock band Spacehog, which spent the first three weeks of the year at number one.[2][3][4] The final number-one single of the year was "The Memory Remains" by American heavy metal band Metallica.[5]

The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 1997 was "The Memory Remains" by Metallica, which spent the last six weeks of the year at number one. Reef's "Come Back Brighter" was number one for five weeks, while the band also spent two weeks atop the chart with "Yer Old". Green Day's "Hitchin' a Ride" also spent five weeks at number one, while Jon Bon Jovi was number one for five weeks with "Midnight in Chelsea" (three weeks) and "Queen of New Orleans" (two weeks). Marilyn Manson's "Tourniquet" spent three weeks at number one and one week with "The Beautiful People", while "In the Meantime" by Spacehog, "Song 2" by Blur and "Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters were all number one for three weeks. Five singles – "Swallowed" by Bush, "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" by Aerosmith, "Freak" by Silverchair, "Afraid" by Mötley Crüe and "Anthem" by The Wildhearts – spent two weeks each at number one on the chart during 1997.

Chart history[edit]

Reef spent five consecutive weeks at number one with "Come Back Brighter" and two weeks with "Yer Old".
Green Day spent five weeks in 1997 at number one with "Hitchin' a Ride".
Jon Bon Jovi topped the chart for three weeks with "Midnight in Chelsea" and two weeks with "Queen of New Orleans".
Marilyn Manson was number one for three weeks with "Tourniquet" and one week with "The Beautiful People".
Blur's "Song 2" spent three weeks at number one on the chart.
"Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters was number one for three weeks in 1997.
Issue date Single Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
4 January "In the Meantime" Spacehog Elektra [2]
11 January [3]
18 January [4]
25 January "Come Back Brighter" Reef S2 [6]
1 February [7]
8 February [8]
15 February [9]
22 February [10]
1 March "Swallowed" Bush Interscope [11]
8 March [12]
15 March "Lakini's Juice" Live Radioactive [13]
22 March "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" Aerosmith Columbia [14]
29 March [15]
5 April "Freak" Silverchair Murmur [16]
12 April [17]
19 April "Song 2" Blur Food [18]
26 April [19]
3 May [20]
10 May "Monkey Wrench" Foo Fighters Roswell [21]
17 May [22]
24 May [23]
31 May "Ashes to Ashes" Faith No More Slash [24]
7 June "The Beautiful People" Marilyn Manson Interscope [25]
14 June "Midnight in Chelsea" Jon Bon Jovi Mercury [26]
21 June [27]
28 June "All I Want to Do Is Rock" Travis Independiente [28]
5 July "Midnight in Chelsea" Jon Bon Jovi Mercury [29]
12 July "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" The Smashing Pumpkins Warner Bros. [30]
19 July "Afraid" Mötley Crüe Elektra [31]
26 July [32]
2 August "Yer Old" Reef S2 [33]
9 August [34]
16 August "Anthem" The Wildhearts Mushroom [35]
23 August [36]
30 August "Queen of New Orleans" Jon Bon Jovi Mercury [37]
6 September [38]
13 September "Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin Atlantic [39]
20 September "Tourniquet" Marilyn Manson Interscope [40]
27 September [41]
4 October [42]
11 October "Hitchin' a Ride" Green Day Reprise [43]
18 October [44]
25 October [45]
1 November [46]
8 November [47]
15 November "Simple Sincerity" Radish Mercury [48]
22 November "The Memory Remains" Metallica Vertigo [49]
29 November [50]
6 December [51]
13 December [52]
20 December [53]
27 December [5]

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References[edit]

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