Sam Fender and Olivia Dean Make U.K. Chart History with "Rein Me In"

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean Make U.K. Chart History with "Rein Me In"

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have officially pulled off one of the most remarkable chart runs in modern British music history.

Their hit collaboration "Rein Me In" has spent 55 consecutive weeks inside the U.K. Top 40, giving it the longest uninterrupted Top 40 run in Official Singles Chart history.

But that isn't the only record the song has broken.

"Rein Me In" also spent 28 consecutive weeks in the U.K. Top 10 and 38 weeks there overall, giving it the longest Top 10 run in 73 years and the most total weeks in the Top 10 for a non-Christmas single.

Even more impressively, the song eventually became the longest-running Number 1 single in U.K. chart history, spending 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top. That broke a record held since 1953 by Frankie Laine's "I Believe," which logged 18 weeks at Number 1.

The collaboration first entered the chart in June 2025 and took an unusually long road to the top, finally reaching Number 1 in February 2026. Rather than fading after its initial run, the track continued returning to the summit and maintaining unusually strong listener interest for more than a year.

For Sam Fender, the success adds another huge milestone to a career that has grown from U.K. rock favorite into major mainstream crossover territory.

For Olivia Dean, "Rein Me In" has become another defining moment in a rapidly expanding career, putting her alongside Fender on one of the biggest British chart achievements in decades.

The staying power of the song is especially notable in an era when streaming can cause tracks to rise and fall quickly. "Rein Me In" has done the opposite - remaining a fixture on the chart, continuing to attract listeners and repeatedly returning to the very top.

More than a year after its chart debut, the song has gone from successful collaboration to genuine U.K. chart history.

Have you heard "Rein Me In"? What do you think has given the song so much staying power?

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