You know, I think we might finally be rid of “Rein Me In”.

1. Taylor Swift – “I Knew It, I Knew You”

This is from the soundtrack of Toy Story 5, and yes, this collection of clips from previous Toy Story films is the official video. It’s a song written specifically for the film, from Jessie’s perspective. Taylor Swift doing her best Randy Newman, basically.

It’s her seventh UK number one single. The others are “Look What You Made Me Do” (2017), “Anti-Hero” (2022), “Is It Over Now (Taylor’s Version” (2023), “Fortnight” (2024), “Opalite” (2025) and “The Fate of Ophelia” (2025). The list skews very heavily to the later part of her career, though there’s a degree of bad luck in there, since she had number 2 hits in 2009, 2012 and 2014.

Ariana Grande drops to number 3 in her second week, and “Rein Me In” is still hanging around at number 2. But… its numbers are down for the second week in a row, and there’s every chance that next week it finally goes to downweighting in its 52nd week on the top 40. If so, it’ll be out of contention for a future return to number 1. It is, however, likely to set a record for the longest consecutive run in top 40. No, that’s not “Ordinary” by Alex Warren – it dropped out of the top 40 for a single week over Christmas.

22. Alex Warren – “Passenger” 

The third single from his upcoming album. It’s another upbeat track, so he is at least trying to spread out, though I wouldn’t say it’s much more than serviceable. He still has “Ordinary” at 29 and “Fever Dream” at 40; the midweeks have this dropping straight out of the top 40 in week two.

25. Alyssa Grace – “Bloodstream” 

Chart debut. She’s from California and apparently she’s been big on TikTok for a while. It’s in the same vein as a few female singer-songwriter tracks from the last few years but I confess to finding her vocal style rather annoying. Again, the midweeks show this disappearing in week two.

27. Mac Miller featuring Ty Dolla Sign – “Cinderella”

This is a 2016 track that’s picking up viral streams. It’s eight minutes long (it actually starts about two minutes into the 12-minute video above), so you can possibly understand why it wasn’t a hit the first time around. Miller died in 2018 at the age of 26; he never had any top 40 hit singles in the UK during his life, although he did make the album top 40 shortly before his death

32. Silva Bumpa – “On 2Nite”

Debut hit. He’s a DJ from Sheffield and this is pretty good, actually. We seem to be seeing a few more dance tracks showing up in the top 40 this year. The vocals are sampled from “Get It On Tonite” by Montell Jordan, a 1999 single that didn’t chart in the UK.

This week’s climbers:

• “Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley climbs to number 12, eight weeks after it first reached number 15. It’s been hovering between 13 and 17 throughout that time.
• “Free Your Mind” by Prospa & Cloonee climbs 18-17.

The five tracks leaving the top 40 are:

• “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” by Olivia Dean, after a 23 week run that peaked at number 2. She still has “Rein Me In” at number 2, but that’s really a feature on a Sam Fender track; and “Man I Need” is at 16.
• “On the Floor” by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull, after a single week at number 35.
• “Shabang” by Drake, which entered at 25 two weeks ago. To be fair to him, “Janice STFU” is holding up surprisingly well, at number 6 in its third week. “National Treasures” isn’t doing so well, but it’s still in the top 40 at 34.
• “Blessings” by Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas, which re-entered at 27 two weeks ago.
• “Stateside” by PinkPantheress, which re-entered at 38 two weeks ago.

On the album chart:

1. Niall Horan – “Dinner Party”

His fourth solo album, and his third number 1. (His solo debut, “Flicker”, peaked at number 3.) None of the singles made the top 40; his hit single this year was “Drive Safe” with Myles Smith, but that’s not on the album. It’s here overwhelmingly on first week physical sales, so we can assume it’ll be gone next week.

5. Overpass – “Elsewhere Always”

Birmingham indie band; it’s their debut album.

9. Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – “Night Blooms”

More jazz standards. It’s Goldblum’s fifth album under this name (there isn’t a “Mildred Snitzer” involved), and it’s his highest charting (by one place).

10. Evanescence – “Sanctuary”

Their sixth album, spread over 23 years. All but one of them have made the top 10.

17. Pink Floyd – “8-Tracks” 

Compilation of their 1970s material. Apparently the selling point for the serious Pink Floyd fan is the above version of “Pigs on the Wing” from the 1977 album “Animals”; in most formats the track is split into two parts to bookend the album, but this combined version was previously only available on 8-track cartridge. (Because the concept of bookending the album didn’t make sense on 8-track cartridges – they played in an endless loop.)

19. Malcolm Todd – “Do That Again” 

His second album and the first to chart in the UK. It doesn’t include the current hit “Earrings”, which comes from a 2024 mixtape.

24. Prospa – “Free Your Mind”

Their debut album, including the title track single (currently at 17).

29. Jalen Ngonda – “Doctrine of Love” 

Second album, first to chart. He’s from Maryland, but he’s based in England, and he’s basically a Motown throwback.

34. Barry Manilow – “What a Time” 

His 33rd album; the previous one didn’t chart. Manilow is 82 and has recently had treatment for lung cancer which has affected his voice, so it seems likely that this will be his final album.