{"id":1109738,"date":"2026-07-25T03:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1109738\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T03:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:13:18","slug":"sam-fender-and-olivia-deans-rein-me-in-equals-frankie-laines-i-believe-as-longest-running-uk-number-1-single-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1109738\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Fender and Olivia Dean&#8217;s Rein Me In equals Frankie Laine&#8217;s I Believe as longest-running UK Number 1 single ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{dfb9d6bf-fdc8-4791-9032-a71ef1d28c04}{6}\" paraid=\"1254116923\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Stay tuned to Official Chart: First Look this Sunday July 26\u00a0on BBC Radio 1 from 6pm, and <a href=\"https:\/\/officialcharts.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">OfficialCharts.com<\/a> from 7pm, to discover whether Rein Me In is on course to make history.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784949198_338_Sam Fender Olivia Dean Rein Me In Number 1 Single Record Breaker (1).jpg\" alt=\"Sam Fender Olivia Dean Rein Me In Number 1 Single Record Breaker\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><br \/>\n      MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/the-songs-that-spent-the-longest-at-number-1__14522\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The songs with the most weeks at Number 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{dfb9d6bf-fdc8-4791-9032-a71ef1d28c04}{11}\" paraid=\"839464282\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">The World Cup may be over, but official 2026 anthem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/shakiraburna-boy-dai-dai\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dai Dai<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/11718\/shakira\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Shakira<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/29059\/burna-boy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Burna Boy<\/a>\u00a0continues to shine, rising three places to Number 2. Dutch duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/64871\/anotr\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ANOTR<\/a> and 54 Ultra also reach new heights as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/anotr-talk-to-you\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Talk To You<\/a>\u00a0climbs to Number 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{c3029b53-7da4-45bc-8c05-0992527cad84}{104}\" paraid=\"48720940\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Could ANOTR&#8217;s smash dance hit become 2026&#8217;s Official Song of the Summer? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/songs-of-summer-2026-contenders\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Check out all the contenders here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{46e1cb70-3d50-4d81-8bf5-7263906e9c36}{250}\" paraid=\"1375442513\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/ella-langley\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Langley<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/ella-langley-choosin-texas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Choosin\u2019 Texas<\/a>\u00a0matches its personal best at Number 5, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/55259\/prospa\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Propsa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/cloonee\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cloonee<\/a>\u2019s summer-ready <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/prospa-free-your-mind\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Free Your Mind<\/a> hops one to Number 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{dfb9d6bf-fdc8-4791-9032-a71ef1d28c04}{21}\" paraid=\"1299797787\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">This week\u2019s highest new entry comes courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/48781\/bts\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BTS<\/a>, whose\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/bts-normal\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NORMAL<\/a>\u00a0debuts at Number 36. Lifted from chart-topping project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/bts-arirang-0\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ARIRANG<\/a>, it becomes the South Korean seven-piece\u2019s 13th UK Top 40 hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{dfb9d6bf-fdc8-4791-9032-a71ef1d28c04}{26}\" paraid=\"1255070577\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">There are also new peaks for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/hugel-0\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HUGEL<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/hugelimael-angelultra-nate-movin-to-the-sun\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Movin\u2019 To The Sun<\/a> (11), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/stella-lefty\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stella Lefty<\/a>\u2019s Boston (15), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/sienna-spiro-great-expectation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SIENNA SPIRO<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/sienna-spiro-great-expectation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Great Expectations<\/a> (19) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/alyssa-grace\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa Grace<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/alyssa-grace-bloodstream\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">bloodstream<\/a> (23).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{dfb9d6bf-fdc8-4791-9032-a71ef1d28c04}{31}\" paraid=\"421187059\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/5088\/katy-perry\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Katy Perry<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/katy-perry-the-one-that-got-away\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The One That Got Away<\/a> simply refuses to go away, jumping 12 places to Number 25. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/63540\/noah-kahan\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Kahan<\/a> secures his ninth UK Top 40 hit as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/noah-kahan-orbiter\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Orbiter<\/a> enters at Number 40.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{dfb9d6bf-fdc8-4791-9032-a71ef1d28c04}{36}\" paraid=\"1472296721\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Finally, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/59175\/gracie-abrams\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gracie Abrams<\/a> celebrates her second Number 1 album with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/gracie-abrams-daughter-from-hell-0\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Daughter From Hell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/gracie-abrams-hit-the-wall\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hit The Wall<\/a> returns to the Top 40 at Number 32.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-GB\" paraeid=\"{3fc7ff3b-fa90-4abf-86cb-97e8791c00bc}{206}\" paraid=\"1722924041\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/5334\/lady-gaga\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lady Gaga<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/6419\/bruno-mars\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Mars<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Die With A Smile<\/a> also re-enters at Number 31, as Bruno\u2019s The Romantic Tour continues its\u00a0Wembley Stadium\u00a0run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/singles-chart\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">See the full Official Singles Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stay tuned to Official Chart: First Look this Sunday July 26\u00a0on BBC Radio 1 from 6pm, and OfficialCharts.com&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1109739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[23054,77,12,115214,62983,16,15],"class_list":["post-1109738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bts","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-olivia-dean","tag-sam-fender","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116978439264035304","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1109739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}