"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]