Miss Mac Baren

"Miss Mac Baren" is a song by the Swedish rock band Tages, released as a single in November 1966.[1] It was written by all five members of the group[2] and was recorded during the sessions for their third studio album, Extra Extra, but was ultimately excluded from it.[3] The B-side, "Get Up An' Get Goin'", was however included as the fourth track on the album.[4] "Miss Mac Baren" got its first album release on Tages Hits Vol. 3, a compilation album released in August 1967.[5]

"Miss Mac Baren"
Single by Tages
B-side"Get Up An' Get Goin'"
Released28 November 1966
Recorded22 November 1966
StudioEuropafilm Studios,
Stockholm
GenrePop
Length2:20
LabelPlatina
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Anders Henriksson
Tages singles chronology
"Crazy 'Bout My Baby"
(1966)		 "Miss Mac Baren"
(1966)		 "Secret Room"
(1967)

Background

The song originated during the band's Scandinavian tour. After a show in Odense, Denmark,[6] they were phoned by their record label, Platina Records, and told that they needed a title for their next single so that they could have the sleeve printed.[7] The band was unsure of what to record until they were sitting at a bar and guitarist Danne Larsson spotted an ad for Mac Baren Tobacco, which inspired the title.[7]

The band subsequently wrote the rest of the song on a tour bus in Southern Sweden during their way home from Denmark. According to vocalist Tommy Blom, it was partly inspired by a currently unidentified Finnish rock group which Tages had heard the previous year during a tour.[7] Once they returned to Stockholm, they recorded the song in Europafilm Studio in Solna on 22 November 1966.[7][8] The unusual sound used at the beginning and end of the song was conceived by Blom, who crawled inside a grand piano and played it with a pick.[7]

"Miss Mac Baren" was released as a single on 28 November 1966, a release that coincided with their third studio album Extra Extra.[9] It instantly became a chart hit, reaching number one on Kvällstoppen in the early weeks of 1967 (becoming their second to do so, after "In My Dreams"), and number four on Tio i Topp.[10][11] The B-Side, "Get Up An' Get Goin'", was written by Anders Henriksson and Thorstein Bergmanunder under the pseudonyms F. Akon and F. Thokon.[12]

Personnel

Tages

Other
  • Anders Henriksson – piano, keyboards, backing vocals, producer

Chart positions
Chart (1966-1967) Peak position
Sweden (Kvällstoppen) 1[10][13]
Sverige (Tio i Topp) 4[11][14]

References
  1. "Miss Mac Baren" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1966. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. "60-talet : hitsen från topplistorna. 3" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. "Tages – Extra Extra". www.svenskpophistoria.se. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  4. "Tages - Extra Extra". Discogs. 28 November 1966. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  5. "Tages Hits Vol. 3" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1966. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. Amster, Harry (2012-12-15). "Vi var med och skapade rockmyten". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  7. "tomyblom". 60spunk.m78.com. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  8. "Nyheter inom poppen". Arbetet. 1966-11-19.
  9. "Tages – Miss Mac Baren". www.svenskpophistoria.se. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  10. "Miss Mac Baren av Tages". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  11. "Tages - Tio i Topp". www.svenskpophistoria.se. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  12. "Tages - Miss Mac Baren / Get Up An' Get Goin'". Discogs. 28 November 1966. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  13. "Kvällstoppen" (PDF). Hitsallertijden. 1966. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  14. Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson (1998). Tio i topp (in Swedish). Premium förlag. p. 370.
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