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
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1981
Genre Pop, new wave
Length 3:32
Label RAK
Writer(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 the second single to be released internationally from Kim Wilde's second album, Select.

The song told the story of a girl committing suicide by jumping off a bridge and became another of Wilde's big hits, particularly throughout Europe and Australia (where it was her fourth consecutive Top 10 success).

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
United Kingdom 16
Switzerland 2
Belgium 3
Sweden 4
Finland[1] 5
Netherlands 5
Germany 6
Australia 7
Austria 10
Ireland 16
France 17

2006 version

The song is updated with a faster tempo and throbbing dance beat for Wilde's 2006 album Never Say Never.

References

  1. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
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