View from a Bridge

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"View from a Bridge"
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Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Select
B-side "Take Me Tonight"
Released5 April 1982
Recorded1981
Genre Pop, new wave
Length3:32
Label RAK
Songwriter(s) Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde
Producer(s) 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 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 .

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