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((Use dmy dates|date=May 2019))
((Use British English|date=May 2019))
((More citations needed|date=December 2009))
((Infobox song
| name       = Preacher Man
| cover      = Banana_pm.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bananarama]]
| album      = [[Pop Life (Bananarama album)|Pop Life]]
| B-side     = Megalomaniac
| released   = December 1990
| recorded   = 1990
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = *[[Dance-pop]]
*[[House music|house]]
| length     = *3:15 (Album Version)
*3:38 (Alternative 7-Inch Mix)
| label      = [[London Records]]
| writer     = *[[Sara Dallin]]
*Andy Caine
*[[Martin Glover|Youth]]
| producer   = Youth
| prev_title = [[Only Your Love]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[Long Train Running#Bananarama version|Long Train Running]]
| next_year  = 1991
| misc       = ((External music video|((YouTube|S8YfNMyk4ko|"Preacher Man"))))
))

"'''Preacher Man'''" is a song recorded by English [[girl group]] [[Bananarama]]. It appears on the group's fifth studio album, ''[[Pop Life (Bananarama album)|Pop Life]]'' (1991), and was released as the album's second single. The track was co-written and produced by [[Martin Glover|Youth]] with additional production and remix by [[Shep Pettibone]].

"[[Tripping on Your Love]]" had been originally slated as the second single from the album,((citation needed|date=August 2016)) and some promotional singles of the song were sent to radio stations in late 1990. Around this time, group member [[Sara Dallin]] contracted [[meningitis]], which delayed the release of the single some months.((citation needed|date=August 2016)) When she recovered, [[London Records]] decided "Preacher Man" was a better choice for a single and so it was released in December 1990. "[[Tripping on Your Love]]" was eventually released as the album's fourth single.

The pop/dance tune became the highest-charting and biggest-selling single released from the ''Pop Life'' album, climbing to number 20 in the [[UK singles chart]]. The single was Bananarama's last appearance in the UK top 20 until "[[Move in My Direction]]" in 2005. In Australia, the single peaked at #147 on the Australian [[ARIA Chart|ARIA]] singles chart.<ref name = "ARIA2">((cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/9AQCjII.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17|access-date=2014-11-18|publisher=imgur.com))</ref> "Preacher Man" was not released in the United States.

The song was performed on The Original Line Up Tour in 2017-2018. Despite being recorded after she left, original member [[Siobhan Fahey]] has always liked the song((citation needed|date=September 2018)) and chose to include it in the setlist.

==Critical reception==
Everett True from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' wrote, "Bananarama, still in the forefront of the musical revolution, put out a new record which, stylistically, borrows very heavily from [[Shakespear's Sister]], and, musically, borrows reasonably heavily from [[Happy Mondays]]' funk/bass thang. Vocally, of course, they are their usual [[Stock Aitken & Waterman|SAW]] selves, with an nifty helping hand or two from the ubiquitous [[Martin Glover|Youth]]. And, all things considered, this is no bad thing."<ref>((cite magazine|first=Everett|last=True|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52264678072/|title=Singles|work=[[Melody Maker]]|date=5 January 1991|page=27|access-date=3 April 2023))</ref> Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' stated, "Strong hooks and strong looks. A catchy tune with undeniable pop appeal. Watch the striking harp solo in the middle."<ref>((cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |work= [[Music & Media]] |date= 19 January 1991 |page= 16 |access-date= 20 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-01-19.pdf))</ref> Andrew Collins from ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' said "Bananarama's difficult 'second' [[Indie dance|indie-dance]]-glossover single is one."<ref>((cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Collins|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52268395235/|title=Singles|work=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=5 January 1991|page=18|access-date=3 April 2023))</ref> 

Gary Crossing from ''[[Record Mirror]]'' called the song "a supremely contagious dance offering... This has a powerful, gloopy bassline and a wondrous bluesy harmonica bit in the middle".<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51221255632/in/album-72157719385999585/lightbox/|first=Gary|last=Crossing|title=Singles|work=[[Record Mirror]]|date=5 January 1991|page=11|accessdate=10 August 2021))</ref> Caroline Sullivan from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' felt the song sounded like "everything they did with S/A/W", noting "the chugging beat, same slick strings and the harmonica solo."<ref>((cite magazine|first=Caroline|last=Sullivan|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/29298262748/in/album-72157670772584438/|title=Review: Singles|magazine=[[Smash Hits]]|issue=316|page=49|date=9 January 1991|access-date=8 March 2020))</ref> In review of 5 January 1991, Paul Elliott of ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' considered that this song "melds '70s and '90s dance sounds." In the end Elliott summarized: "Produced by Youth and remixed by Shep Pettibone, it throbs yet sparkles, evocative of the dreamiest, most hypnotic and heady '70s [[disco]] raves."<ref name="SoundsReview">((cite magazine|last=Elliott|first=Paul|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Sounds/90s/Sounds-1991-01-05-S-OCR.pdf|title=Review: Bananarama – "Preacher Man"|magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|date=5 January 1991|page=19|location=[[Peterborough]]|publisher=[[UBM plc|United Newspapers]]|issn=|access-date=13 June 2022|via=World Radio History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620080936/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Sounds/90s/Sounds-1991-01-05-S-OCR.pdf|archive-date=20 June 2022))</ref>

==Music video==
The accompanying [[music video]] for the song featured a man in a tank top tied to a chair in the interrogation room of a prison. As he breaks down and goes crazy, Bananarama and various carnival-like entertainers (such as a midget and a girl in a winged outfit) appear as hallucinations before him. These scenes are intercut with scenes of the girls performing the song in front of candles or standing against a wall. Harmonica player [[Johnny Mars]] appears on the video.<ref name="AMG">((cite web |url=((AllMusic|class=artist|id=p19170/biography|pure_url=yes))|title=Johnny Mars|author=Richard Skelly |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=30 October 2011))</ref> The video was directed by long-time collaborator [[Andy Morahan]] and would be the last video he directed for the group until "Stuff Like That" from [[In Stereo (Bananarama album)|''In Stereo'']] in 2019. <ref>((cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10250854/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3|title=Bananarama: Stuff Like That|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=5 September 2022))</ref>

==Official versions and remixes==
#"Preacher Man" (Album Version) - (3:15)
#"Preacher Man" (Ramabanana Alternative Mix) - (7:31) <small>(Remixed by Shep Pettibone)</small>
#"Preacher Man" ([[Shep Pettibone|Shep]]'s Club Mix) - (7:19) <small>(Remixed by Shep Pettibone)</small>
#"Preacher Man" (Shep's Dub Mix) - (4:44) <small>(Remixed by Shep Pettibone)</small>
#"Preacher Man" (Bonus Beats Dub) <small>(Remixed by Shep Pettibone)</small>
#"Preacher Man" (Shep's Instrumental) <small>(Remixed by Shep Pettibone)</small>
#"Preacher Man" (Alternative 7" Mix) - (3:38) <small>(Remixed by Shep Pettibone)</small>
#"Preacher Man" (Original 12" Mix) - (6:07) <small>(Unreleased until 2013)</small>

==Personnel==
'''Bananarama'''
*[[Sara Dallin]] - Vocals
*[[Jacquie O'Sullivan]] - Vocals
*[[Keren Woodward]] - Vocals

'''Musicians'''
*Peter 'Ski' Schwartz - Keyboards

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (1990)
!align="left"|Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ARIA2" />
|align="center"|147
|-
|align="left"|Belgium ([[Ultratop]] Flanders)<ref name="BANANARAMA - PREACHER MAN SONG">((cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bananarama&titel=Preacher+Man&cat=s|title=BANANARAMA - PREACHER MAN (SONG)|work=swedishcharts.com|access-date=22 February 2020))</ref>
|align="center"|40
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])
|align="center"|57					
|-
|align="left"|Germany ([[Official Charts Company]])<ref name="BANANARAMA - PREACHER MAN SONG"/>
|align="center"|46
|-
|align="left"|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')
|align="center"|42
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])
|align="center"|20
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>((cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-01-12.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |work= [[Music Week]] |date= 12 January 1991 |page= xii |access-date= 28 September 2020))</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Bananarama))
((Authority control))

[[Category:1990 singles]]
[[Category:Bananarama songs]]
[[Category:London Records singles]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Andy Morahan]]
[[Category:Songs written by Youth (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Sara Dallin]]
[[Category:1990 songs]]


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