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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

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

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean hug on stage as they perform Rein Me In live
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, performing Rein Me In. Photograph: PR Handout

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.

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