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"Rockstar" by Nickelback was the longest-running number one of 2008, spending 23 weeks atop the chart.

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 2008, there were ten singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Long Road to Ruin" by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, which spent the last three weeks of 2007 and the first of 2008 atop the chart. The final number-one single of the year was "All Summer Long" by American country rock musician Kid Rock.

The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2008 was "Rockstar" by Canadian band Nickelback, which spent 23 weeks at number one during the year, including a single run of 20 consecutive weeks. The band spent a total of 29 weeks atop the chart in 2008, with "Photograph" and "Gotta Be Somebody" each spending three weeks at number one. Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" spent a total of 16 weeks at number one during the year, including separate runs of eight and seven consecutive weeks. Only one single – Enter Shikari's "We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape" – spent two weeks at number one.

Chart history

Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" spent a total of 16 weeks at number one on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2008.
Enter Shikari were number one for two weeks with "We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape".
Foo Fighters spent the first week of 2008 at number one at the end of a four-week run with "Long Road to Ruin".
Bullet for My Valentine topped the chart for the first time with "Scream Aim Fire".
Queen + Paul Rodgers obtained their only number one, "C-lebrity", in 2008.
Issue date Single Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
5 January "Long Road to Ruin" Foo Fighters RCA
12 January "Rockstar" Nickelback Roadrunner
19 January
26 January
2 February "Scream Aim Fire" Bullet for My Valentine 20-20
9 February "Rockstar" Nickelback Roadrunner
16 February
23 February
1 March
8 March
15 March
22 March
29 March
5 April
12 April
19 April
26 April
3 May
10 May
17 May
24 May
31 May
7 June
14 June
21 June
28 June "I Am the Message" Fightstar Gut
5 July "Photograph" Nickelback Roadrunner
12 July
19 July
26 July "All Summer Long" Kid Rock Atlantic
2 August
9 August
16 August
23 August
30 August
6 September
13 September
20 September "C-lebrity" Queen + Paul Rodgers Parlophone
27 September "All Summer Long" Kid Rock Atlantic
4 October
11 October
18 October
25 October
1 November
8 November
15 November "We Can Breathe in Space, They
Just Don't Want Us to Escape" 		Enter Shikari Ambush Reality
22 November
29 November "Gotta Be Somebody" Nickelback Roadrunner
6 December
13 December
20 December "Smile Pretty for the Devil" Children of Bodom Spinefarm
27 December "All Summer Long" Kid Rock Atlantic

See also

References

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