Unlikely chart duo land the longest-running UK No1 track of all time after beating Shakira in fierce chart battle

SAM FENDER and Olivia Dean are reigning supreme with Rein Me In, which has become the longest-running No1 single of all time in the UK. The collaboration, which started as a solo track on Sam’s 2025 album People Watching, has lodged a 19th week at the top of the singles. Olivia Dean and her fellow musician’s track has become the longest-running No1 single of all time in the UK Credit: Getty Images For MOBO Rein Me In started as a solo track on Sam Fender’s 2025 album Credit: Unknown They faced a fierce chart battle with Shakira‘s World Cup anthem Dai Dai, which was in the lead earlier in the week. But they overtook her on Thursday after Sam encouraged fans on social media to download the tune. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! The achievement means the British pair have overtaken Frankie Laine’s 1953 song I Believe, which spent 18 weeks at No1. Rein Me In is the second best selling song of 2026 so far, behind Olivia’s Man I Need. The pair released their duet last June and it first topped the charts in February. It was knocked off the top spot three times by Harry Styles’ American Girls, Olivia Rodrigo‘s Drop Dead and Ariana Grande‘s Hate That I Made You Love Me, but always returned to No1 to continue its non-consecutive streak. Bryan Adams holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at No1 with 16 for 1991’s (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. Scottish band Wet Wet Wet were previously the UK act with the most weeks at No1 for a single, when they topped the charts for 15 weeks with 1994’s Love Is All Around. Most read in Showbiz The news comes just a day after Olivia was nominated for the Mercury Prize for her second album The Art Of Loving. Sam, who won the Mercury last year, is currently working on his fourth studio album, so they’re both winning at life. Comment now