How Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's Rein Me In broke the UK's singles chart record

The duet has spent 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the charts, breaking a 73-year-old record.

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In breaks 73-year record to become longest-running UK No 1 single

Duetting stars surpass record set in 1953, when crooner Frankie Laine hit the top with I Believe Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have scored the longest running UK No 1 single in history with Rein Me In, beating a record that has stood since 1953. Back then, the UK singles chart had been running for less than a year and contained just 12 songs when I Believe, a bombastic ballad by US crooner Frankie Laine, hit No 1 and spent a total of 18 weeks on the chart. Continue reading...

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

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

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 […]

By Ellise Shafer

Sam Fender & Olivia Dean Make History as ‘Rein Me In Crowned U.K.’s Longest-Running No. 1 Single

The record had previously stood for 73 years.

By Thomas Smith

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s ‘Rein Me In’ becomes longest-running UK Number One single of all time

With the accomplishment, the song overtakes Frankie Laine’s ‘I Believe’ The post Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s ‘Rein Me In’ becomes longest-running UK Number One single of all time appeared first on NME.

By Liberty Dunworth