"The Banner Man" is a 1971 song by the British pop band Blue Mink.
[3] In 2002, Robin Carmody of Freaky Trigger named "The Banner Man" the best British bubblegum song of 1971, deeming it Blue Mink's "second masterpiece" after "Melting Pot" (1969) and one of numerous hits written by Cook and Greenaway wrote in the genre.
He described it as "Salvation Army-themed" and added: "Its theme is naturally distant from today, but it’s one of the few chartpop records to make ritualism sound like a perfectly normal and enjoyable part of life (which I guess it was back then, at least for more people than now).
"[4] Bob Stanley describes "The Banner Man" as a brassy bubblegum song that "made light of the heavy session musician talent in [Blue Mink's] line-up.
"[5] "The Banner Man" reached the top ten on the UK charts, as well as in Australia and Belgium.