# List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2013

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 2013, there were 15 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Back in Black" by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart. AC/DC also had the final number-one single of the year, "Highway to Hell", which topped the chart in the final week of 2013 and the first of 2014.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2013 was "Still Into You", the second single from Paramore's self-titled fourth studio album Paramore, which spent a total of seventeen weeks at number one during the year, including a single run of seven consecutive weeks. Fall Out Boy spent sixteen weeks at number one with four singles: "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)", "The Phoenix", "Alone Together" and "Young Volcanoes". You Me at Six were number one for five weeks during the year, three of which were with "Lived a Lie" and two of which were for "Fresh Start Fever". "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls was number one for four weeks, while Biffy Clyro spent four weeks at number one with two releases: "Black Chandelier" and "Opposite". AC/DC spent three weeks atop the chart in 2013.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Single | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 5 January | "Back in Black" | AC/DC | Epic |
| 12 January | "Back in Black" | AC/DC | Epic |
| 19 January | "Kiss the Ring" | My Chemical Romance | Reprise |
| 26 January | "Black Chandelier" | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 2 February | "Black Chandelier" | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 9 February | "Black Chandelier" | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 16 February | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 23 February | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 2 March | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 9 March | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 16 March | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 23 March | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 30 March | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 6 April | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 13 April | "The Phoenix" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 20 April | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 27 April | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 4 May | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 11 May | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 18 May | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 25 May | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 1 June | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 8 June | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 15 June | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 22 June | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 29 June | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 6 July | "My Immortal" | Evanescence | Virgin/Wind-up |
| 13 July | "Opposite" | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 20 July | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 27 July | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 3 August | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 10 August | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 17 August | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 24 August | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 31 August | "Alone Together" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 7 September | "Alone Together" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 14 September | "Lived a Lie" | You Me at Six | BMG Rights |
| 21 September | "Lived a Lie" | You Me at Six | BMG Rights |
| 28 September | "Still Into You" | Paramore | Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen |
| 5 October | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 12 October | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 19 October | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 26 October | "You Wanna Know" | Don Broco | Search and Destroy |
| 2 November | "Lived a Lie" | You Me at Six | BMG Rights |
| 9 November | "Young Volcanoes" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 16 November | "Young Volcanoes" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 23 November | "Young Volcanoes" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 30 November | "Young Volcanoes" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 7 December | "Young Volcanoes" | Fall Out Boy | Def Jam |
| 14 December | "Fresh Start Fever" | You Me at Six | BMG Rights |
| 21 December | "Fresh Start Fever" | You Me at Six | BMG Rights |
| 28 December | "Highway to Hell" | AC/DC | Columbia |