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1982 single by Kim Wilde
"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)

"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) 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) 5
Ireland (IRMA) 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 2
UK Singles (OCC) 16
West Germany (GfK) 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1982) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 33
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 37
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 55
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 71
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 14
West Germany (Official German Charts) 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.
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  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.
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  11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Kim Wilde – View from a Bridge" (in German). 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.
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  17. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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