More than 35,000 records have made the singles chart since its 1952 inception, of which in excess of 1,400 have reached No.1 but none has managed to spend more than 18 weeks at the apex – until now.

Sam Fender & Olivia Dean’s blockbusting duet Rein Me In is the one to break the mould, racking up an incredible 19th week at the summit, to take the all-time record, toppling Frankie Laine’s I Believe, which has held it for ...