Alright, then – it’s Monday, I’m still running late, let’s run through this.

1. Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – “Rein Me In”

This has been on the chart since last June, and managed to cling on at the bottom end of the top 40 even during Christmas. The height of Christmas aside, it’s been in the top 10 since November. Despite all that, it’s not quite a default number 1 – somehow, it’s managed to avoid the downweighting rule even after all this time. This is actually the highest weekly consumption it’s ever recorded.

I’m not quite sure why. Both are nominated for Brit Awards (the show is next weekend), and the song itself is nominated for Song of the Year, but is that such a big deal? They’ve already announced that the Songwriter of the Year award is going to Noel Gallagher, so apparently the Year in question is 1995. Nonetheless, here it is.

It is, once again, a number one with an asterisk – Olivia Dean’s own “Man I Need” would be number 1 by a wide margin if it wasn’t on downweighting. Still, at least this time she’s getting the number 1 position by another route. It’s her second number 1, and Sam Fender’s first, though he’s had three other top ten hits.

Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” was helped to number 1 last week by a physical release and doesn’t hang on; it drops to number 8.

18. Bad Bunny – “Tití Me Preguntó”

More spillover from the Superbowl. This track is three years old, but it hasn’t charted before in the UK. It’s a technical new entry under the three-song rule, with “Baile Inolvidable” dropping below it and getting disqualified.

27. Charli XCX – “Dying For You”
33. Charli XCX – “Always Everywhere”

“Wuthering Heights”, Charli XCX’s soundtrack for “Wuthering Heights” – the movie has quotes in the title, the album doesn’t – enters at number 1 on the album chart. It’s her third number 1 after “Crash” and “Brat”.

It gives her three tracks this week, the third being a re-entry for “Chains of Love” at number 17. (It reached number 26 in November.) “Always Everywhere” is a curious choice of single, and it’s actually getting some radio play. I’ve never really clicked with Charli XCX, who I find a bit heavy on the ironic distance, but the soundtrack is more to my taste.

37. Central Cee – “Iceman Freestyle” 

We haven’t seen Central Cee since his track with Drake reached number 5 last year. This is one of two singles this week from his next album; the other one lands at 54.

38. Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole – “(When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me”

Big on TikTok, apparently. One of their more obscure unearthings – it had a single week at number 31 in 2006. Keyshia Cole only had one other UK top 40 hit, as the guest singer on P Diddy’s “Last Night” the following year.

This week’s other climbers:

• “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” by Olivia Dean climbs 6-2, which is a new peak – it previously got to number 3 shortly before Christmas. There was a vinyl release for Valentine’s Day which accounts for the jump.
• “Lush Life” by Zara Larsson climbs 7-3, matching its original peak from 2016.
• “Homewrecker” by Sombr climbs 14-7 to become his fourth top 10 hit.
• “Stateside” by PinkPantheress climbs 10-9.
• “Just the Way You Are” by Milky climbs 23-14.
• “Babydoll” by Dominic Fike climbs 30-23.
• “iloveitiloveitiloveit” by Bella Kay climbs 39-26.

Counting a reentry for “Back to Friends” at number 40, there are six tracks entering the top 40. The six tracks leaving are:

• “Baile Inolvidable” by Bad Bunny, disqualified under the three song rule after a single week at number 20.
• “What You Saying” by Lil Uzi Vert, after three weeks, and peaking at 27.
• “Boys Don’t Cry” by the Cure, with a four-week run, peaking at 22.
• “Fame is a Gun” by Adison Rae, which re-entered at 40 last week.
• “Yukon” by Justin Bieber, which re-entered at 29 last week.
• “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish, which re-entered at 32 two weeks ago.

On the album chart, we’ve already covered Charli XCX at number 1.

19. Kylie Minogue – “Tension Tour – Live 2025”

Self-explanatory, really. This has actually been available on streaming services since last September; it’s charting now on the back of the physical release.

28. Brent Faiyaz – “Icon”

His third studio album. The first one got to number 6 but he’s been in the twenties with the last two.