List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2002

"How You Remind Me" by Nickelback was the longest-running number-one single of 2002, spending twelve weeks at number one. The band also reached number one for three weeks with "Too Bad".

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. In 2002, there were 19 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "In Too Deep" by Canadian pop punk band Sum 41, which spent the first four weeks of the year atop the chart. Sum 41 also had the final number-one single of the year, with "Still Waiting" spending the last five weeks of the year atop the chart.

The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2002 was "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback, which spent twelve weeks at number one. The band also spent three weeks at number one with "Too Bad". Sum 41 spent nine weeks at number one in 2002 – five weeks with "Still Waiting" and four weeks with "In Too Deep" – while Red Hot Chili Peppers spent four weeks at number one, with both "By the Way" and "The Zephyr Song" topping the chart for two weeks. Alien Ant Farm's "Movies" was number one for three weeks, while Puddle of Mudd topped the chart for two weeks with "She Hates Me" and one with "Blurry". "Alive" by P.O.D., "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" by Bowling for Soup, "All My Life" by Foo Fighters and "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age spent two weeks at number one in 2002.

Chart history

Sum 41's spent four weeks at number one with "In Too Deep" and five weeks at number one with "Still Waiting".

Chad Kroeger spent five weeks at number one with "Hero", which also features Josey Scott.

Red Hot Chili Peppers topped the chart with "By the Way" and "The Zephyr Song", both for two weeks.

"Movies" by Alien Ant Farm spent three weeks at number one in 2002.

P.O.D. spent two weeks at number one on the chart with "Alive".

Bowling for Soup's "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" was number one for two weeks in 2002.

Issue date	Single	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
5 January	"In Too Deep"	Sum 41	Mercury
12 January
19 January
26 January
2 February	"Alive"	P.O.D.	Atlantic
9 February
16 February	"Movies"	Alien Ant Farm	DreamWorks
23 February
2 March
9 March	"How You Remind Me"	Nickelback	Roadrunner
16 March
23 March
30 March	"Tainted Love"	Marilyn Manson	Maverick
6 April	"How You Remind Me"	Nickelback	Roadrunner
13 April
20 April
27 April
4 May
11 May
18 May
25 May
1 June	"Here to Stay"	Korn	Epic
8 June	"How You Remind Me"	Nickelback	Roadrunner
15 June	"Blurry"	Puddle of Mudd	Geffen
22 June	"Hero"	Chad Kroeger Josey Scott	Roadrunner
29 June
6 July
13 July	"By the Way"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
20 July
27 July	"Hero"	Chad Kroeger Josey Scott	Roadrunner
3 August	"Pts.OF.Athrty"	Linkin Park	Warner Bros.
10 August	"Hero"	Chad Kroeger Josey Scott	Roadrunner
17 August	"Girl All the Bad Guys Want"	Bowling for Soup	Music for Nations
24 August
31 August	"Too Bad"	Nickelback	Roadrunner
7 September
14 September
21 September	"Papa Don't Preach"	Kelly Osbourne	Epic
28 September	"Everyday"	Bon Jovi	Mercury
5 October	"She Hates Me"	Puddle of Mudd	Geffen
12 October
19 October	"All My Life"	Foo Fighters	RCA
26 October
2 November	"The Zephyr Song"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
9 November
16 November	"No One Knows"	Queens of the Stone Age	Interscope
23 November
30 November	"Still Waiting"	Sum 41	Mercury
7 December
14 December
21 December
28 December

See also

• 2002 in British music
• List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2002

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