"Save Your Kisses for Me" was originally written by Brotherhood of Man's member Lee Sheriden in August 1974.

[3] This time it was accepted, as he later recalled:"I'd had a year to think about it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do on the arrangement, the glockenspiel on the beginning and the big 12-string acoustic guitar and the strings, and then came the day to record the song...

"[3] The song's lyrics described the gently conflicted emotions of a man leaving his loved one in the morning as he goes to work.

[4] Soon after, manager Tony Hiller was keen for the group to try for Eurovision, as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had changed its selection rules.

Brotherhood of Man put forward "Save Your Kisses for Me" and the BBC accepted it as one of the twelve finalists.

The song won the competition, beating second-placed "Wake Up" by Co-Co by just two points, and becoming the British entry, and Brotherhood of Man the performers, for Eurovision.

On 3 April 1976, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague hosted by Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), and broadcast live throughout the continent.

It also still holds the record for the highest relative score under the voting system introduced in 1975 –which has been used in every contest since–, with an average of 9.65 points per jury.

It was re-enacted by the group along with twelve dancers dressed in matching red, white, and black costumes with briefcases and a live orchestra as the original footage was shown in the background.

[17][18] Brotherhood of Man have re-recorded the song twice as well as releasing a Spanish version titled "Tus besos son para mi" as a single in 1991.

The session took place at the Columbia Recording Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Kurt Wolff of Country Music: The Rough Guide would later call the song one of the "sizeable hits" Smith would enjoy on the radio between 1976 and 1978.

[51] Robert K. Oermann and Mary A. Bufwack of Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music stated the song represented Smith's "wholesome, homey image".

[53] In July 1976, the single was released on Smith's first studio album for Warner Bros. Records entitled Song Bird.