Every Song That Topped the U.K. Chart for 8 or More Weeks, But Didn’t Make the Top 10 on the Hot 100

UPDATE (Aug.

14): “Rein Me In” by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean logs its 21st nonconsecutive week at No.

1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart on the tally that was published on Friday (Aug.

14).

The song hasn’t been nearly as big a hit in the U.S.

It drops from No.

68 to No.

70 in its 20th week on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Aug.

15, after climbing as high as No.

64 in April.

“Rein Me In” is the first single to log 21 weeks at No.

1 in the U.K., but it has yet to reach the top 10 (or even the top 40) on the Hot 100.

In the 68 years that the Hot 100 has been in place, music fans in the U.S. and the U.K. have never been so far apart in their reactions to a song.

Here’s an essay on how “Rein Me In” became the U.K.’s longest-running No.