The original “Rein Me In” was the eighth track on Sam Fender’s album People Watching.
People Watching is Fender’s third studio album, released in 2025. Before the Olivia Dean duet was issued, the original recording appeared as a solo Fender track on the album. Its position was track eight in the album sequence, making “Eighth” the precise answer.
The song’s album placement is easy to confuse with its later single status. The duet with Dean was released separately on 20 June 2025 and is associated with the deluxe edition, while the original version belongs to the main People Watching track listing. The question asks about the original album placement, not the order of tracks on a digital single or the deluxe release.
Fender wrote the song about self-sabotage in romantic relationships: the narrator fears being emotionally restrained and pushes away someone who gets too close. Its jazzy arrangement features piano and saxophone, giving it a lighter, more atmospheric character than some of the album’s rock-oriented material. Dean later added a female perspective to the song in the re-recorded duet.