View from a Bridge

For the Arthur Miller play, see A View from the Bridge.

"View from a Bridge"
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Select
B-side	"Take Me Tonight"
Released	5 April 1982
Recorded	1981
Genre	New wave [1] [2]
Length	3:32
Label	RAK
Songwriters	Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde
Producer	Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde singles chronology
"Cambodia" (1981) "View from a Bridge" (1982) "Child Come Away" (1982)

"View from a Bridge" is a song by English singer Kim Wilde, released internationally as the second single from her second album, Select (1982). The song tells the story of a girl committing suicide by jumping off a bridge after finding her lover with another girl. It was number 1 in Europarade Hitrank and a top 10 hit in several European countries and in Australia. A faster version with a dance beat was released in 2006 on Never Say Never .

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1982) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 7 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 10 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 4 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 5 Ireland (IRMA) [7] 16 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 7 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 2 UK Singles (OCC) [12] 16 West Germany (GfK) [13] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1982) Position Australia (Kent Music Report) [14] 33 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 37 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [16] 55 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 71 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 14 West Germany (Official German Charts) [19] 51

Certifications

France (SNEP) Gold +250.000

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Kim Wilde - The Gold Collection (1996) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
2. O' Brien, Jon (10 November 2025). "Kim Wilde – Album By Album". Classic Pop . Retrieved 20 December 2025. The macabre theme continues on "View From A Bridge", a deceptively dark New Wave banger...
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 337. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
5. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
6. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
7. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for 'Kim Wilde' (from irishcharts.ie)". Fireball Media, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 19, 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
9. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
10. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
11. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
14. "Kent Music Report No 445 – 3 January 1983 > National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
15. "Jaaroverzichten 1982". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
16. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
17. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
18. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1982". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
19. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 February 2021.