List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1993

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"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf was the longest-running number-one single of 1993, spending ten weeks atop the Rock & Metal Singles Chart. It ended 1993 as the overall best-selling single of the year in the UK.

The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal singles in the United Kingdom. In 1993, the chart was compiled by Gallup and published in Hit Music magazine every two weeks.[1] During the year, 26 charts were published with 17 singles at number one. The first number-one single of the year was "Womankind" by Little Angels.[1] The last number-one single of the year was "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf, which spent the last ten weeks of the year atop the chart.[2] "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" was also the most successful single of the year on the chart, as well as the overall best-selling single of the year in the UK.[3]

Chart history[edit]

Ugly Kid Joe's version of "Cats in the Cradle" spent six weeks at number one during April and May 1993.
Lenny Kravitz (top), Green Jellÿ (middle) and Radiohead (bottom) each topped two UK Rock & Metal Singles Charts in 1993.
Key
‹See TfM›† Indicates best-selling rock single of 1993
Issue date Single Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
9 January "Womankind" Little Angels Polydor [1]
23 January "I'm Easy/Be Aggressive" Faith No More Slash [4]
6 February "Heaven Is" Def Leppard Bludgeon Riffola [5]
20 February "A Better Man" Thunder EMI [6]
6 March "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Lenny Kravitz Virgin [7]
20 March [8]
3 April "Cats in the Cradle" Ugly Kid Joe Mercury [9]
10 April [10]
24 April [11]
8 May "Bullet in the Head" Rage Against the Machine Epic [12]
22 May "In These Arms" Bon Jovi Jambco [13]
5 June "Three Little Pigs" Green Jellÿ Zoo [14]
19 June [15]
3 July "Take Me for a Little While" Coverdale–Page EMI [16]
17 July "Big Gun" AC/DC Atco [17]
31 July "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" Manic Street Preachers Columbia [18]
14 August "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" Bon Jovi Jambco [19]
28 August "Opal Mantra" Therapy? A&M [20]
11 September "Heart-Shaped Box" Nirvana Geffen [21]
25 September "Creep" Radiohead Parlophone [22]
9 October [23]
23 October "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" ‹See TfM›† Meat Loaf Virgin [24]
6 November [25]
20 November [26]
4 December [27]
18 December [2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 15. London, England: Spotlight. 9 January 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 64. London, England: Spotlight. 18 December 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  3. ^ Copsey, Rob (4 June 2021). "Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1993". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 17. London, England: Spotlight. 23 January 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 19. London, England: Spotlight. 6 February 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 21. London, England: Spotlight. 20 February 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 23. London, England: Spotlight. 6 March 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 25. London, England: Spotlight. 20 March 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 27. London, England: Spotlight. 3 April 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 28. London, England: Spotlight. 10 April 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 30. London, England: Spotlight. 24 April 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 32. London, England: Spotlight. 8 May 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 34. London, England: Spotlight. 22 May 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 36. London, England: Spotlight. 5 June 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 38. London, England: Spotlight. 19 June 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 40. London, England: Spotlight. 3 July 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 42. London, England: Spotlight. 17 July 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 44. London, England: Spotlight. 31 July 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 46. London, England: Spotlight. 14 August 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 48. London, England: Spotlight. 28 August 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 50. London, England: Spotlight. 11 September 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 52. London, England: Spotlight. 25 September 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 54. London, England: Spotlight. 9 October 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 56. London, England: Spotlight. 23 October 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 58. London, England: Spotlight. 6 November 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 60. London, England: Spotlight. 20 November 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  27. ^ "Heavy Rock Singles 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 62. London, England: Spotlight. 4 December 1993. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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