View from a Bridge

"View from a Bridge" is the second single released internationally from Kim Wilde's second album, Select.

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"
Released5 April 1982
Recorded1981
GenrePop, new wave
Length3:32
LabelRAK
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)

The song tells the story of a girl committing suicide by jumping off a bridge after finding her lover with another girl. The single 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.

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 4
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[4] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[5] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 16
West Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 6

Year-end charts
Chart (1982) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] 33
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 37
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 55
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 71
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 14
West Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 51

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  5. "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.
  6. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 19, 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  9. "Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  12. "Kent Music Report No 445 – 3 January 1983 > National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  13. "Jaaroverzichten 1982". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  14. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  15. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  16. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1982". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  17. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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