Miss Mac Baren

Miss Mac Baren is a song written by Göran Lagerberg, Anders Töpel, Tommy Tausis, Danne Larsson and Tommy Blom.[1] It was first recorded by their band Tages, released as a single in November 1966.[2] The single 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 Going" was however included as the fourth track of 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'"
ReleasedNovember 1966
RecordedNovember 1966
StudioEuropafilm Studios,
Stockholm, Sweden
GenrePop
Length2:20
LabelPlatina
Songwriter(s)
  • Göran Lagerberg
  • Anders Töpel
  • Tommy Tausis
  • Danne Larsson
  • Tommy Blom
Producer(s)Anders Henriksson
Tages singles chronology
"Crazy 'Bout My Baby"
(1966)		 "Miss Mac Baren"
(1966)		 "Secret Room"
(1967)

Background

The single originated by the band during their Scandinavian tour. After a show in Odense, Denmark, they were phoned by their record label, Platina Records that the Beatles had recently release a single (most likely "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"). Since the band at the time were considered the west coast Beatles, Tages were considered the Beatles greatest rivals in Sweden.[6] They were unsure of what to record, but when Danne Larsson was sitting at a bar with them, he spotted an ad for Mac Baren Tobacco, which stuck to him.[7]

The song was subsequently written on a tour bus in Southern Sweden during their way home from Denmark, and was apparently inspired by a currently unidentified Finnish rock group which Tages had heard in 1965 during a tour there.[8] It was subsequently recorded once they'd gotten back to Stockholm and Europafilm Studio, in Solna.[8] The odd sound of the introduction and ending were conceived by Blom, who had crawled in under a piano and played it with a pick.[8]

"Miss Mac Baren" was recorded and released as a single in 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 Bergman (under the pseudonyms F. Akon and F. Thokon)[12]

Personnel

Tages
  • Tommy Blom – co-lead vocals, percussion
  • Göran Lagerberg – co-lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Anders Töpel – lead guitar
  • Danne Larsson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy Tausis – drums

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. "60-talet : hitsen från topplistorna. 3" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. "Miss Mac Baren" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1966. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. "Tages – Extra Extra". www.svenskpophistoria.se. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  4. "Tages - Extra Extra". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  5. "Tages Hits Vol. 3" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1966. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. "På jakt efter sångaren i Västkustens Beatles". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  7. Amster, Harry (2012-12-15). "Vi var med och skapade rockmyten". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  8. "tomyblom". 60spunk.m78.com. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  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. 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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