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 Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg) [8] 6 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [9] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 7 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 2 UK Singles (OCC) [13] 16 West Germany (GfK) [14] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1982) Position Australia (Kent Music Report) [15] 33 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 37 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [17] 55 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [18] 71 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 14 West Germany (Official German Charts) [20] 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.
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9. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 19, 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
10. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
11. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
12. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
13. "Official Singles Chart on 2/5/1982 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
14. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
15. "Kent Music Report No 445 – 3 January 1983 > National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
16. "Jaaroverzichten 1982". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
17. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
18. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
19. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1982". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
20. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 February 2021.