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 1995, there were 25 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was Van Halen's "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)", which spent the first seven weeks of the year at number one. The final number-one single of the year was "When Love & Hate Collide" by Def Leppard, which spent the last two weeks of the year atop the chart.