View from a Bridge

1982 single by Kim Wilde

"View from a Bridge"

Single by Kim Wilde

from the album Select

B-side

"Take Me Tonight"

Released

5 April 1982

Recorded

1981

Genre

Pop, new wave

Length

3:32

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.

Charts

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 (Suomen virallinen lista)^[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

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