List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1996

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"Hero of the Day" by Metallica was the joint longest-running number-one single of 1996, spending five weeks atop the chart. The band also reached number one with "Until It Sleeps" and "Mama Said".

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 1996, there were 30 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "When Love & Hate Collide", the only single from the Def Leppard compilation Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995).[2] The final number-one single of the year was "In the Meantime", the debut single by alternative rock band Spacehog.[3]

The most successful songs on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 1996 were "Hero of the Day" by Metallica and "Let's Make a Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams, both of which spent five weeks atop the chart. Metallica also spent two weeks at number one with "Until It Sleeps" and one with "Mama Said", while Adams also topped the chart with "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You". Sepultura spent five weeks at number one with three songs; Def Leppard spent four weeks at number one with four songs; and Bon Jovi spent four weeks at number one with two songs. Songs by Dog Eat Dog, Sex Pistols and The Presidents of the United States of America each spent three weeks at number one; while Whale, Rage Against the Machine, Terrorvision and Soundgarden all spent two weeks atop the chart.

Chart history[edit]

Bryan Adams spent five weeks at number one with "Let's Make a Night to Remember" and one with "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You".
Sepultura spent five weeks at number one in 1996, with "Roots Bloody Roots", "Attitude" (two weeks each) and "Ratamahatta" all topping the chart.
Four Def Leppard songs – "When Love & Hate Collide", "Slang", "Work It Out" and "Breathe a Sigh" – topped the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 1996.
Bon Jovi spent four weeks at number one during 1996 with "These Days" (for three weeks) and "Hey God".
Dog Eat Dog topped the chart with "No Fronts" for three weeks in 1996.
Issue date Single Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
6 January "When Love & Hate Collide" Def Leppard Bludgeon Riffola [2]
13 January "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" Whale Hut [4]
20 January [5]
27 January "Stuck with Me" Green Day Reprise [6]
3 February "No Fronts" Dog Eat Dog Roadrunner [7]
10 February [8]
17 February [9]
24 February "Roots Bloody Roots" Sepultura [10]
2 March [11]
9 March "These Days" Bon Jovi Mercury [12]
16 March [13]
23 March [14]
30 March "Stupid Girl" Garbage Mushroom [15]
6 April "Big Me" Foo Fighters Roswell [16]
13 April "Bulls on Parade" Rage Against the Machine Epic [17]
20 April [18]
27 April "Animal Army" Babylon Zoo EMI [19]
4 May "Celebrity Hit List" Terrorvision Total Vegas [20]
11 May "Slang" Def Leppard Bludgeon Riffola [21]
18 May "Pretty Noose" Soundgarden A&M [22]
25 May [23]
1 June "Until It Sleeps" Metallica Vertigo [24]
8 June [25]
15 June "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" Bryan Adams A&M [26]
22 June "Bis vs. the D.I.Y. Corps" Bis Teen-C [27]
29 June "Let Me Live" Queen Parlophone [28]
6 July "Hey God" Bon Jovi Mercury [29]
13 July "Work It Out" Def Leppard Bludgeon Riffola [30]
20 July "Bad Actress" Terrorvision Total Vegas [31]
27 July "Pretty Vacant" Sex Pistols Virgin [32]
3 August [33]
10 August [34]
17 August "Ratamahatta" Sepultura Roadrunner [35]
24 August "Let's Make a Night to Remember" Bryan Adams A&M [36]
31 August [37]
7 September [38]
14 September [39]
21 September [40]
28 September "Hero of the Day" Metallica Vertigo [41]
5 October [42]
12 October [43]
19 October [44]
26 October [45]
2 November "Mach 5" The Presidents of the United
States of America 		Columbia [46]
9 November [47]
16 November [48]
23 November "Thirty-Three" The Smashing Pumpkins Virgin [49]
30 November "Breathe a Sigh" Def Leppard Bludgeon Riffola [50]
7 December "Mama Said" Metallica Vertigo [51]
14 December "Attitude" Sepultura Roadrunner [52]
21 December [53]
28 December "In the Meantime" Spacehog Elektra [3]

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References[edit]

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