page_title: List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1997
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1997 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: English: Green Day at the House of Blues in 2015
context_page_description: 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 1997, there were 21 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "In the Meantime", the debut single by alternative rock band Spacehog, which spent the first three weeks of the year at number one. The final number-one single of the year was "The Memory Remains" by American heavy metal band Metallica.
  The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 1997 was "The Memory Remains" by Metallica, which spent the last six weeks of the year at number one. Reef's "Come Back Brighter" was number one for five weeks, while the band also spent two weeks atop the chart with "Yer Old". Green Day's "Hitchin' a Ride" also spent five weeks at number one, while Jon Bon Jovi was number one for five weeks with "Midnight in Chelsea" and "Queen of New Orleans".
caption: Green Day spent five weeks in 1997 at number one with "Hitchin' a Ride".
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