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

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

| Issue date | Single | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 5 January | "In Too Deep" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 12 January | "In Too Deep" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 19 January | "In Too Deep" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 26 January | "In Too Deep" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 2 February | "Alive" | P.O.D. | Atlantic |
| 9 February | "Alive" | P.O.D. | Atlantic |
| 16 February | "Movies" | Alien Ant Farm | DreamWorks |
| 23 February | "Movies" | Alien Ant Farm | DreamWorks |
| 2 March | "Movies" | Alien Ant Farm | DreamWorks |
| 9 March | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 16 March | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 23 March | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 30 March | "Tainted Love" | Marilyn Manson | Maverick |
| 6 April | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 13 April | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 20 April | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 27 April | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 4 May | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 11 May | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 18 May | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 25 May | "How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 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 | "Hero" | Chad Kroeger Josey Scott | Roadrunner |
| 6 July | "Hero" | Chad Kroeger Josey Scott | Roadrunner |
| 13 July | "By the Way" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 20 July | "By the Way" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 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 | "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" | Bowling for Soup | Music for Nations |
| 31 August | "Too Bad" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 7 September | "Too Bad" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 14 September | "Too Bad" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 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 | "She Hates Me" | Puddle of Mudd | Geffen |
| 19 October | "All My Life" | Foo Fighters | RCA |
| 26 October | "All My Life" | Foo Fighters | RCA |
| 2 November | "The Zephyr Song" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 9 November | "The Zephyr Song" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 16 November | "No One Knows" | Queens of the Stone Age | Interscope |
| 23 November | "No One Knows" | Queens of the Stone Age | Interscope |
| 30 November | "Still Waiting" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 7 December | "Still Waiting" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 14 December | "Still Waiting" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 21 December | "Still Waiting" | Sum 41 | Mercury |
| 28 December | "Still Waiting" | Sum 41 | Mercury |