The song's lyrics were inspired by a documentary Tunstall watched on the Discovery Channel "about old women having really disturbing amounts of plastic surgery to look very, very young.

[2] The video opens with a scene of Tunstall leaving a bar and walking through empty city streets, as broken pieces of her guitar fly by her.

Every frame of the music video required visual effects which were supervised by James Maclachlan of Prime Focus London.

"[4] Digital Spy called "Saving My Face" a "dour affair", but praised its "delightful" lyrics and gave the song two stars out of five.

[5] These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Saving My Face".