Which Ed Sheeran song's 19-week top-40 climb record was broken by "Rein Me In"?

“Thinking Out Loud” was the Ed Sheeran song whose 19-week top-40 climb record was broken by “Rein Me In.”

“Rein Me In,” performed by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart at its 35th week. Before that achievement, Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” held the record for the most consecutive weeks a song spent in the UK top 40 before eventually reaching number one: 19 weeks.

The comparison concerns chart timing, not total time spent at number one. “Thinking Out Loud” was released in 2014 as part of Sheeran’s album X and became his second UK number-one single. Its long climb reflected sustained popularity rather than an immediate chart-topping debut.

A common mix-up is confusing this record with Sheeran’s overall chart achievements, such as “Shape of You” spending weeks at number one or “Perfect” becoming a major seasonal hit. Neither is the song named in this specific top-40 climb record.