"Saving My Face" is a song performed by Scottish singer

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. The song was written by Tunstall and produced by

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for the Tunstall's second album ''

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'' (2007). The song's

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were inspired by a documentary Tunstall watched on the

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"about old women having really disturbing amounts of plastic surgery to look very, very young."

Music video

The

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was directed by Chris Bran of Black Dog Films and filmed over two days at east London's 3 Mills Studios."KT Tunstall - Saving My Face Video"
ContactMusic.com. Retrieved 24 November 2007. 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. Occasionally while walking, her figure turns ghostly, and phases back in later scenes. The video concludes with Tunstall performing with her guitar after the pieces of it materialize in her hands. Every frame of the music video required

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which were supervised by James Maclachlan of Prime Focus London. Post-production on the video lasted for fourteen days. The music video premiere on the

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in October 2007.

Critical reception

"Saving My Face" received mixed reviews from music critics.

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called the song "a confident and old-fashioned pop rocker" and gave the song six stars out of ten. The ''

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'' was less impressed, giving it just two out of five stars, and wrote that the song was "nothing to get excited about" even though it had "some cute arpeggios and a very singable chorus." ''

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'' called "Saving My Face" a "dour affair", but praised its "delightful" lyrics and gave the song two stars out of five."Digital Spy Music Review: 'Saving My Face'"

. Retrieved 17 January 2008.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Saving My Face". UK CD single
(RELCD46; Released ) #"Saving My Face" #"Mothgirl" 7" vinyl single
(REL46; Released 19 November 2007) #"Saving My Face" #"

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(Released ) #"Saving My Face" Digital download
(Released 12 November 2007) #"Saving My Face" #"Mothgirl" Digital download
(Released 19 November 2007) #"Saving My Face" (live acoustic version) #"Saving My Face" Promo CD #"Saving My Face" (radio edit) #"Saving My Face" (instrumental)

Charts

Year-end charts

References

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