List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2009
# List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2009

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 2009, there were 18 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Hand of Blood" by Welsh metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine, the lead single from the EP of the same name. The final number one of the year was "Killing in the Name" by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, which was the UK Singles Chart Christmas number one.

The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2009 was "New Divide" by American alternative rock band Linkin Park, which spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one. Muse spent seven weeks at number one in 2009, with "Undisclosed Desires" (four weeks), "Feeling Good" (two weeks) and "Supermassive Black Hole" (one week) all topping the chart. Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" was number one for six weeks, Nickelback were number one for five weeks with "Gotta Be Somebody", "If Today Was Your Last Day" (two weeks each) and "I'd Come for You" (one week), and "Mercury Summer" by Fightstar and "Ignorance" by Paramore were number one for four weeks each. Biffy Clyro's "The Captain" was number one for three weeks, while songs by Kid Rock, Goo Goo Dolls and Lostprophets spent two weeks each atop the chart.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Single | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 January | "Hand of Blood" | Bullet for My Valentine | Trustkill |
| 10 January | "All Summer Long" | Kid Rock | Atlantic |
| 17 January | "All Summer Long" | Kid Rock | Atlantic |
| 24 January | "Gotta Be Somebody" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 31 January | "Gotta Be Somebody" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 7 February | "Feeling Good" | Muse | A&E |
| 14 February | "Feeling Good" | Muse | A&E |
| 21 February | "Desolation Row" | My Chemical Romance | Reprise |
| 28 February | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 7 March | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 14 March | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 21 March | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 28 March | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 4 April | "I'd Come for You" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 11 April | "I'd Come for You" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 18 April | "Mercury Summer" | Fightstar | Search and Destroy |
| 25 April | "Mercury Summer" | Fightstar | Search and Destroy |
| 2 May | "Mercury Summer" | Fightstar | Search and Destroy |
| 9 May | "Mercury Summer" | Fightstar | Search and Destroy |
| 16 May | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 23 May | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 30 May | "Children of the Night" | The Blackout | Epitaph |
| 6 June | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 13 June | "If Today Was Your Last Day" | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 20 June | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 27 June | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 4 July | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 11 July | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 18 July | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 25 July | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 1 August | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 8 August | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 15 August | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 22 August | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 29 August | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 5 September | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 12 September | "New Divide" | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 19 September | "Supermassive Black Hole" | Muse | A&E |
| 26 September | "Ignorance" | Paramore | Fueled by Ramen |
| 3 October | "Ignorance" | Paramore | Fueled by Ramen |
| 10 October | "Ignorance" | Paramore | Fueled by Ramen |
| 17 October | "Ignorance" | Paramore | Fueled by Ramen |
| 24 October | "It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here" | Lostprophets | Visible Noise |
| 31 October | "It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here" | Lostprophets | Visible Noise |
| 7 November | "The Captain" | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 14 November | "The Captain" | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 21 November | "The Captain" | Biffy Clyro | 14th Floor |
| 28 November | "Undisclosed Desires" | Muse | Warner Bros. |
| 5 December | "Undisclosed Desires" | Muse | Warner Bros. |
| 12 December | "Undisclosed Desires" | Muse | Warner Bros. |
| 19 December | "Undisclosed Desires" | Muse | Warner Bros. |
| 26 December | "Killing in the Name" | Rage Against the Machine | Epic |
