Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have just rewritten the UK singles record books. Their duet “Rein Me In” has clocked 16 weeks at number one, knocking Wet Wet Wet’s Love Is All Around off its 32-year pedestal as the longest-running chart-topper by a British act. Newcastle’s finest called the run “ridiculous” and “an excuse to party,” while only Frankie Laine’s 1953 I Believe — 18 weeks — still stands in their way.

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