Sam Fender and Olivia Dean‘s ‘Rein Me In’ has made historical past by changing into the longest-running British Quantity One single of all time.
The 2 artists formally launched the collaborative model of the ‘Folks Watching’ observe final summer time, after they carried out it stay collectively at Fender’s reveals in London and Newcastle.
In Could, the pair celebrated 9 non-consecutive weeks on the high spot on the UK singles chart by delivering a joint rendition throughout Dean’s headline live performance at London’s O2. The collab earned Fender his first UK Quantity One single, and gave Dean her second following ‘Man I Want’.
Its 35-week climb broke the earlier file of 19 weeks within the UK high 40, set by Ed Sheeran’s ‘Considering Out Loud’ in 2014. Fender and Dean’s team-up bagged them the Track Of The 12 months award on the BRITs 2026, too.
Now, it’s been revealed that the observe has spent a record-breaking sixteenth week at Quantity One within the UK. The feat sees ‘Rein Me In’ overtake Moist Moist Moist’s ‘Love Is All Round’, which held the British file for greater than 30 years after spending 15 weeks on the high spot in 1994. Fender and Dean had tied with the Scottish group final week.
The one now additionally equals Bryan Adams’ ‘(Every part I Do) I Do It For You’ (1991) because the joint second-longest-running Quantity One single of all time, behind Frankie Laine’s ‘I Consider’ from 1958.
Ben Mortimer, President, Polydor Label Group, mentioned: “From the start, we knew that ‘Rein Me In’ had a uncommon high quality, so it was vital to present it the house and assist wanted to develop.
“Watching it construct has been extremely rewarding – that sort of sustained success doesn’t occur by chance, it takes sensible artists and a devoted group.”
He added: “Breaking a file that has stood for greater than 30 years is a outstanding achievement for Sam and Olivia, and we’re extremely proud to have performed a component.”
Jo Charrington, President, Capitol UK, commented: “That is the duet of the last decade. What Olivia and Sam have achieved with ‘Rein Me In’ is extremely particular.
“To see Olivia’s voice and artistry join with individuals on this scale, alongside an artist as sensible as Sam, has been fantastic to observe.”
Fender and Dean’s duet took 35 weeks from its first UK chart entry to achieve Quantity One, breaking the file for the longest climb to the highest when it first hit the summit this February.
On the time, Dean occupied three of the highest 4 spots on the UK singles chart, with ‘So Straightforward (To Fall In Love)’ rising to Quantity Two and her earlier chart-topper ‘Man I Want’ coming in at Quantity 4.
‘Rein Me In’ is the longest-running UK Quantity One of many 2020s, and the one single in UK chart historical past to climb again to the highest place 4 occasions throughout the identical chart run.
In addition to its 16 weeks at Quantity One, the observe has now spent 55 consecutive weeks within the UK high 40, 28 consecutive weeks within the UK high 10, and 38 weeks in complete contained in the UK high 10.
These figures make it the longest consecutive high 40 run in historical past, the longest high 10 run in 73 years, the second-longest consecutive high 10 run ever, and the outright record-holder for probably the most weeks within the UK high 10 for any non-Christmas single.
The collab can be solely the second single in historical past to spend a full calendar 12 months within the UK high 40.
Earlier this 12 months, Fender was the recipient of the Songwriter Of The 12 months award on the Ivor Novellos. Elton John offered the artist with the prize, describing him as “one of many biggest lyricists Britain has ever produced”.
Nodding to the continued success of ‘Rein Me In’, John joked: “The one factor I’ll say is, for Christ’s sake, you’ve been at Quantity One for 12 weeks now, bugger off!”
In the meantime, Olivia Dean received the Greatest New Artist statue on the BET Awards final month. She cleared up at this 12 months’s BRITs in February, along with her wins together with Album Of The 12 months for ‘The Artwork Of Loving’.
