# List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2012

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 2012, there were 14 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, which spent the first nine weeks of the year atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was "The World Is Ugly", the third release from My Chemical Romance's compilation Conventional Weapons.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2012 was "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, which spent 23 weeks at number one across ten different spells. Linkin Park spent nine weeks at number one with "Burn It Down" (seven weeks) and "What I've Done" (two weeks), while You Me at Six were number one for five weeks with "The Swarm" (four weeks) and "Reckless" (one week). "Back in Black" by AC/DC was number one for four consecutive weeks in 2012, "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence spent three weeks atop the chart in two spells, and "45" by The Gaslight Anthem was number one for two weeks in 2012.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Single | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 7 January | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 14 January | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 21 January | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 28 January | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 4 February | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 11 February | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 18 February | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 25 February | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 3 March | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 10 March | "Bring Me to Life" | Evanescence | Epic |
| 17 March | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 24 March | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 31 March | "The Swarm" | You Me at Six | Virgin |
| 7 April | "The Swarm" | You Me at Six | Virgin |
| 14 April | "The Swarm" | You Me at Six | Virgin |
| 21 April | "The Swarm" | You Me at Six | Virgin |
| 28 April | "Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 5 May | "Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 12 May | "Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 19 May | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 26 May | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 2 June | "Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 9 June | "Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 16 June | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 23 June | "What I've Done" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 30 June | "What I've Done" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 7 July | "Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 14 July | "Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 21 July | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 28 July | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 4 August | "45" | The Gaslight Anthem | Vertigo |
| 11 August | "45" | The Gaslight Anthem | Vertigo |
| 18 August | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 25 August | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | Island |
| 1 September | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 8 September | "Paradise City" | Guns N' Roses | Polydor |
| 15 September | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 22 September | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 29 September | "Somewhere in Neverland" | All Time Low | Hopeless |
| 6 October | "I Lie Lonely" | Joseph Whelan | Rok |
| 13 October | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 20 October | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 27 October | "Reckless" | You Me at Six | Virgin |
| 3 November | "Bring Me to Life" | Evanescence | Epic |
| 10 November | "Bring Me to Life" | Evanescence | Epic |
| 17 November | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 24 November | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 1 December | "Back in Black" | AC/DC | Epic |
| 8 December | "Back in Black" | AC/DC | Epic |
| 15 December | "Back in Black" | AC/DC | Epic |
| 22 December | "Back in Black" | AC/DC | Epic |
| 29 December | "The World Is Ugly" | My Chemical Romance | Reprise |