Rein Me In Breaks UK Singles Record With 19 Weeks at No. 1
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 31
Rein Me In Breaks UK Singles Record With 19 Weeks at No. 1
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 31
Summary
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In set a new UK singles-chart mark after logging 19 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, surpassing Frankie Laine’s 18-week record from 1953.
The duet’s rise was unusually slow: released as a reworked version in June 2025, it took eight months to reach No. 1 in February 2026 after viral live performances and heavy traction on TikTok.
Its run at the top survived only brief interruptions from Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande, and it has already eclipsed British-era benchmarks set by Wet Wet Wet’s 15 weeks and Bryan Adams’ 16.
The track, which added Dean’s female-perspective verse to Fender’s original album cut, also won song of the year at the 2026 Brit Awards, underscoring how an online-driven hit turned into a record-setting chart fixture.