List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2007

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 2007, there were 22 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Different World", the second single from heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 14th studio album A Matter of Life and Death, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart.^[2][3] The final number-one single of the year was "Long Road to Ruin", the second single from American alternative rock band Foo Fighters' sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, which spent the last three weeks of 2007 and the first of 2008 at number one.^[4][5][6][7]

"Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance was the longest-running number one of 2007, spending six weeks atop the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.

The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2007 was "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance, which spent six consecutive weeks at number one early in the year. "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" by Enter Shikari spent five weeks at number one, while Linkin Park spent a total of five weeks at number one across two releases – "What I've Done" (three weeks) and "Bleed It Out" (two weeks). "Walk Away" by Funeral for a Friend was number one for four weeks, while "Tarantula" by The Smashing Pumpkins, "The Kiss of Dawn" by HIM, "Empty Walls" by Serj Tankian and "Long Road to Ruin" by Foo Fighters were all number one for three weeks. Releases from Iron Maiden, Evanescence, Muse, Lostprophets, Queens of the Stone Age, Nightwish and Gallows each spent two weeks at number one.

Chart history

Enter Shikari's "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" was number one for five consecutive weeks in 2007.

Linkin Park spent five weeks at number one in 2007, topping the chart with "What I've Done" and "Bleed It Out".

Funeral for a Friend were number one for four weeks with "Walk Away".

"Tarantula" by The Smashing Pumpkins was number one for three weeks.

HIM spent three weeks in 2007 at number one with "The Kiss of Dawn".

Serj Tankian's "Empty Walls" was number one for three weeks.

Issue date	Single	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
6 January	"Different World"	Iron Maiden	EMI	[2]
13 January				[3]
20 January	"Lithium"	Evanescence	Wind-up	[8]
27 January				[9]
3 February	"Famous Last Words"	My Chemical Romance	Reprise	[10]
10 February				[11]
17 February				[12]
24 February				[13]
3 March				[14]
10 March				[15]
17 March	"Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour"	Enter Shikari	Ambush Reality	[16]
24 March				[17]
31 March				[18]
7 April				[19]
14 April				[20]
21 April	"Invincible"	Muse	Helium 3/Warner Bros.	[21]
28 April				[22]
5 May	"4:AM Forever"	Lostprophets	Visible Noise	[23]
12 May				[24]
19 May	"What I've Done"	Linkin Park	Warner Bros.	[25]
26 May				[26]
2 June				[27]
9 June	"Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)"	Marilyn Manson	Interscope	[28]
16 June	"3's & 7's"	Queens of the Stone Age		[29]
23 June				[30]
30 June	"Misery Business"	Paramore	Fueled by Ramen	[31]
7 July	"(You Want to) Make a Memory"	Bon Jovi	Mercury	[32]
14 July	"Tarantula"	The Smashing Pumpkins	Reprise	[33]
21 July				[34]
28 July				[35]
4 August	"Walk Away"	Funeral for a Friend	Atlantic	[36]
11 August				[37]
18 August				[38]
25 August				[39]
1 September	"Bleed It Out"	Linkin Park	Warner Bros.	[40]
8 September				[41]
15 September	"Amaranth"	Nightwish	Nuclear Blast	[42]
22 September	"The Kiss of Dawn"	HIM	Sire	[43]
29 September				[44]
6 October	"Deadly Lethal Ninja Assassin"	Reuben	Hideous	[45]
13 October	"The Kiss of Dawn"	HIM	Sire	[46]
20 October	"Amaranth"	Nightwish	Nuclear Blast	[47]
27 October	"Almost Easy"	Avenged Sevenfold	Warner Bros.	[48]
3 November	"Empty Walls"	Serj Tankian	Reprise	[49]
10 November				[50]
17 November				[51]
24 November	"Rockstar"	Nickelback	Roadrunner	[52]
1 December	"Staring at the Rude Bois"	Gallows	Warner Bros.	[53]
8 December				[54]
15 December	"Long Road to Ruin"	Foo Fighters	RCA	[4]
22 December				[5]
29 December				[6]

See also

• 2007 in British music
• List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2007