It leaves only one artist for\u00a0Sam\u00a0and Olivia\u00a0to beat\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0pair\u00a0eye\u00a0the title of longest-running Official Number 1 single\u00a0of all time.\u00a0Their competition? American crooner\u202fFrankie Laine<\/a>, who holds the 73-year-long record for the longest-running Number 1\u00a0single\u00a0in\u00a0the UK.\u00a0His song\u202fI Believe<\/a>\u202fspent an unfathomable 18 weeks at the summit back in 1953.<\/p>\n Celebrating the news,\u00a0Sam Fender\u00a0tells\u00a0Official Charts:<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0been ridiculous! Every Friday,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0been an excuse to party. Take that, Marti Pellow!<\/p>\n \u201cOlivia putting the alternative narrative on it\u00a0made the song\u00a0really\u00a0universal\u00a0\u2013 that opened the floodgates.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0two sides to the story.\u00a0And,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a toe tapper!\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0officially a banger!<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m buzzing that Rein Me In is the longest-running British single at Number 1 of all time!\u201d<\/p>\n Becca Monahan\u202fand\u202fChris Austin,\u202fInterim Co-Managing Directors,\u202fOfficial Charts, comment:<\/p>\n \u201cFew chart records have stood the test of time quite like this one. For Rein Me In to overtake Wet\u202fWet\u202fWet’s iconic Love Is All Around and become the longest-running Number 1 single by a British artist is a fantastic achievement.<\/p>\n \u201cSam Fender and Olivia Dean have captured the nation’s imagination with a song that has connected on an enormous scale, and 16 weeks at Number 1 reflects that impact.\u202fIt’s\u202fa historic achievement for two exceptional British talents, and we are thrilled to celebrate this milestone with them.\u201d<\/p>\n Honouring Sam and Olivia\u2019s\u00a0success,\u202fWet\u202fWet\u202fWet\u202ftell\u202fOfficial Charts:<\/p>\n \u201cHuge congratulations to Sam Fender and Olivia Dean.\u202fIt\u2019s\u202fgreat to see amazing British artists continuing to produce songs that connect with so many people.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve\u202falways been incredibly proud of what Love Is All Around achieved, and to hold that record for more than 30 years is something we never imagined when we first recorded the song.\u202fIt\u2019s\u202fbeen a huge part of our story ever since and we have the privilege of performing it to audiences on tour, seeing thousands of people sing every word back to us night after night.\u201d<\/p>\n See the full list of songs that have spent the longest at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, congratulations go to Alabama-born country star\u202fElla Langley<\/a>, who earns a personal best with breakout hit\u202fChoosin\u2019 Texas<\/a>. The tune breaks the Top 5 for the first time this week, boot scooting four\u00a0places\u00a0to\u00a0a new peak (5).<\/p>\n Is it coming home? A flurry of football-adjacent tracks\u202fare\u202fon the up ahead of England\u2019s FIFA World Cup quarter-final match against Norway this weekend.<\/p>\n Oasis<\/a>\u2019s\u202fWonderwall<\/a>, adopted as an anthem for footie fans, jumps 21 (11).\u00a0Elsewhere,\u202fShakira<\/a>\u202fand\u202fBurna Boy<\/a>\u2019s\u202fDai\u00a0Dai<\/a>, the highest-charting official FIFA World Cup song in\u00a0UK chart\u00a0history,\u00a0shifts\u00a0the goalposts once again, up five\u00a0to a new peak\u00a0(13). Further down,\u202fBaddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds<\/a>\u2019 1996 classic\u202fThree Lions (It\u2019s Coming Home)<\/a>\u202fis\u202fstill\u202fgleaming, with a 14-spot leap (21).<\/p>\n Song of the summer contender?\u202fANOTR<\/a>\u2019s dance banger\u202fTalk\u00a0To\u00a0You<\/a>\u202ffeaturing 54 Ultra boogies its way to a new best, up three (14).<\/p>\n As\u202fVisitor<\/a>\u202fis named the biggest debut album by a British artist this year so far,\u202fSIENNA SPIRO<\/a>\u202ffinds three songs in the main standings:\u202fMaterial Lover<\/a>\u202fholds steady in the Top 20 (15),\u202fDie On This Hill<\/a>\u202fvaults 67 (19) and\u202fGreat Expectation<\/a>\u202fmarks its maiden entry (32).<\/p>\n Enjoying a social media-fuelled resurgence,\u202fJourney<\/a>\u2019s enduring 1981\u202fDon\u2019t Stop\u00a0Believin\u2019<\/a>\u202fbounces back into the Top 40 for the first time in 16 years (27).<\/p>\n And finally, this week\u2019s reigning\u202fOfficial Albums Chart<\/a>\u202fchamp\u202fMadonna<\/a>\u202fbanks a 74th\u202fTop 40 single with\u202fDanceteria<\/a>\u202f(38).\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n MORE: The longest-running Official Number 1 songs in on the UK’s Official Singles Chart<\/a><\/p>\n