Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s ‘Rein Me In’ Becomes the U.K.’s Longest-Running No. 1 Single of All Time

By Ellise Shafer

Ellise Shafer

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Sam Fender and Olivia Dean are making U.K. chart history.

Their collaborative single, “Rein Me In,” has officially become the country’s longest-running No. 1 single of all time. With 19 weeks at the top of the U.K. Official Singles chart, it has officially surpassed the record set by Frankie Laine’s “I Believe,” which held the spot for 18 weeks back in 1953.

But this isn’t the first record the duet has broken. Released over a year ago on June 20, 2025, “Rein Me In” took 35 weeks from its first entry onto the chart to reach No. 1, making it the song with the longest climb to the top. Since it hit that spot in February, “Rein Me In” has also become Fender’s first U.K. No. 1 single and the only single in U.K. chart history that has bumped back to No. 1 four times in the same run.

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