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‘Rein Me In’ Logs 17 Weeks, Near All-Time Record

7/18/2026

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July 17, 2026: “Rein Me In” logged its 17th week at No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart.
Run ranks second all-time as the longest-running No. 1 by a British act.
It also tops the 2020s chart record.
It trails only Frankie Laine’s 1953 18-week No. 1 and beats Bryan Adams’s 1991 16-week run.
In July it overtook Wet Wet Wet’s 1995 “Love Is All Around” as the longest-running No. 1, while Oasis’s “Wonderwall” rose to No. 2.

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July 17, 2026: “Rein Me In” logged its 17th week at No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart.
Run ranks second all-time as the longest-running No. 1 by a British act.
It also tops the 2020s chart record.
It trails only Frankie Laine’s 1953 18-week No. 1 and beats Bryan Adams’s 1991 16-week run.
In July it overtook Wet Wet Wet’s 1995 “Love Is All Around” as the longest-running No. 1, while Oasis’s “Wonderwall” rose to No. 2.