List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2017

"Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers was the longest-running number one single of 2016, spending 20 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 single's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2017, there were 16 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one of the year was "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" by The Darkness, which spent the last two weeks of 2016 and the first week of 2017 atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was also "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)", which spent the last three weeks atop the chart.

The most successful single on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2017 was "Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, which hs spent a total of 20 weeks at number one. Royal Blood have been number one for six weeks with two releases, Linkin Park were number one for five weeks with "Numb", Foo Fighters have spent five weeks at number one with "Run" and "The Sky Is a Neighborhood", The Darkness have spent four weeks at number one with "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)", Guns N' Roses have spent three weeks at number one with "Sweet Child o' Mine", and Thirty Seconds to Mars spent two weeks at number one with "Walk on Water".

Chart history

Guns N' Roses spent three weeks at number one with "Sweet Child o' Mine".

Two singles by Royal Blood have topped the chart in 2017.

Foo Fighters spent five weeks at number one in 2017: two with "Run" and three with "The Sky Is a Neighborhood".

Linkin Park's "Numb" topped the chart following the death of the band's singer Chester Bennington on 20 July 2017.

Issue date	Single	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
5 January	"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"	The Darkness	Must Destroy
12 January	"Livin' on a Prayer"	Bon Jovi	Mercury
19 January	"Take on the World"	You Me at Six	Infectious
26 January	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
2 February
9 February
16 February
23 February	"Iris"	Goo Goo Dolls
2 March	"Dirty Laundry"	All Time Low	Fueled by Ramen
9 March	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
16 March	"Sweet Child o' Mine"	Guns N' Roses	Geffen
23 March	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
30 March
6 April	"Sweet Child o' Mine"	Guns N' Roses	Geffen
13 April
20 April	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
27 April	"Lights Out"	Royal Blood
4 May
11 May	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers
18 May
25 May
1 June	"Hook, Line & Sinker"	Royal Blood
8 June	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers
15 June	"Run"	Foo Fighters	RCA
22 June
29 June	"Lights Out"	Royal Blood	Warner Bros.
6 July
13 July
20 July	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers
27 July
3 August	"Numb"	Linkin Park
10 August
17 August
24 August
31 August
7 September	"Walk on Water"	Thirty Seconds to Mars	Interscope
14 September	"My Immortal"	Evanescence	Virgin/Wind-up
21 September	"Walk on Water"	Thirty Seconds to Mars	Interscope
28 September	"The Sky Is a Neighborhood"	Foo Fighters	Columbia
5 October
12 October
19 October	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
26 October
2 November
9 November	"Highway to Hell"	AC/DC	Columbia
16 November	"Immigrant Song"	Led Zeppelin	Atlantic
23 November	"Can't Stop"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
30 November
7 December
14 December	"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"	The Darkness	Must Destroy
21 December
28 December

See also

• 2017 in British music
• List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2017

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