| View from a Bridge | |
| Cover: | View From a Bridge.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kim Wilde |
| Album: | Select |
| B-Side: | Take Me Tonight |
| Released: | 5 April 1982 |
| Recorded: | 1981 |
| Genre: | Pop, new wave |
| Length: | 3:32 |
| Label: | RAK |
| Producer: | Ricky Wilde |
| Prev Title: | Cambodia |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Child Come Away |
| Next Year: | 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.
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 7 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] | 5 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[3] | 16 |
| Chart (1982) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 33 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[5] | 37 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] | 55 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 71 | |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 14 | |
| West Germany (Official German Charts)[9] | 51 |
