"Miss Mac Baren" | ||||
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Single by Tages | ||||
B-side | "Get Up An' Get Goin'" | |||
Released | 28 November 1966 | |||
Recorded | 22 November 1966 | |||
Studio |
Europafilm Studios, Stockholm | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:20 | |||
Label | Platina | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Anders Henriksson | |||
Tages singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
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]
Chart (1966-1967) | Peak position |
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Sweden ( Kvällstoppen) | 1 [10] [13] |
Sverige ( Tio i Topp) | 4 [11] [14] |