List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1994

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Always by Bon Jovi was the longest-running number-one rock single of 1994, spending eight weeks atop the chart. It ended 1994 as the sixth best-selling single of the year in the UK. Bon Jovi 1.jpg
Always by Bon Jovi was the longest-running number-one rock single of 1994, spending eight weeks atop the chart. It ended 1994 as the sixth best-selling single of the year in the UK.

The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal singles in the United Kingdom. In 1994, the chart was compiled by Gallup and published in Hit Music magazine every two weeks. [1] During the year, 26 charts were published with 22 singles at number one. The first number-one single of the year was "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf. [1] The last number-one single of the year was "Please Come Home for Christmas" by Bon Jovi. [2] "Always" by Bon Jovi was the most successful single of the year on the chart, spending eight weeks at number one, finishing the year as the sixth best-selling single in the UK. [3]

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Chart history

Stiltskin spent four weeks at number one with their debut single, "Inside". Ray Wilson i Ali Ferguson Life Festival Oswiecim 2013.jpg
Stiltskin spent four weeks at number one with their debut single, "Inside".
Red Hot Chili Peppers had two number-one singles in 1994: "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge". Rhcp-live-pinkpop05.jpg
Red Hot Chili Peppers had two number-one singles in 1994: "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge".
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†Indicates best-selling rock single of 1994
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.
8 January"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Meat Loaf Virgin [1]
22 January"All for Love" Bryan Adams A&M [4]
5 February"Give It Away" Red Hot Chili Peppers Warner Bros. [5]
19 February"Caffeine Bomb" The Wildhearts East West [6]
5 March"Hooligan's Holiday" Mötley Crüe Elektra [7]
19 March"I'm Broken" Pantera East West [8]
2 April"Dry County" Bon Jovi Jambco [9]
16 April"Oblivion" Terrorvision Total Vegas [10]
30 April"Under the Bridge"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros. [11]
14 May"Inside" Stiltskin White Water [12]
28 May [13]
11 June"Since I Don't Have You" Guns N' Roses Geffen [14]
25 June"Middleman"TerrorvisionTotal Vegas [15]
9 July"Word Up" Gun A&M [16]
23 July"Tower of Strength" Skin Parlophone [17]
6 August"Is This Love/Sweet Lady Luck" Whitesnake EMI [18]
20 August"Black Hole Sun" Soundgarden A&M [19]
3 September"Pretend Best Friend"TerrorvisionTotal Vegas [20]
17 September"Liar/Disconnect" Rollins Band Imago [21]
1 October"Always" †Bon JoviJambco [22]
15 October [23]
29 October [24]
12 November [25]
26 November"Spin the Black Circle" Pearl Jam Epic [26]
10 December"Love Spreads" The Stone Roses Geffen [27]
24 December"Please Come Home for Christmas"Bon JoviJambco [2]

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