View from a Bridge
{{for|the Arthur Miller play|A View from the Bridge}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = View from a Bridge
| cover = View From a Bridge.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kim Wilde
| album = Select
| B-side = Take Me Tonight
| released = 5 April 1982
| recorded = 1981
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = New wave{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0000258637|title= Kim Wilde - The Gold Collection (1996) Review|last= Henderson|first= Alex|access-date= January 10, 2025}}
| length = 3:32
| label = RAK
| writer = Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde
| 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 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
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1982) !Peak |
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=337}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7 |
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| {{singlechart|Austria|10|artist=Kim Wilde|song=View from a Bridge|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Flanders|4|artist=Kim Wilde|song=View from a Bridge|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2020}} |
| scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|first=Jake|last=Nyman|year=2005|title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja|edition=1st|publisher=Tammi|location= Helsinki|isbn= 951-31-2503-3|language=fi}}
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
| scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/VALLXjT|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for 'Kim Wilde' (from irishcharts.ie)|publisher=Fireball Media, via Imgur.com|access-date=1 January 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;"|16 |
| {{singlechart|Dutch40|5|year=1982|week=19|rowheader=true|access-date=28 February 2021}} |
| {{singlechart|Dutch100|7|artist=Kim Wilde|song=View from a Bridge|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Sweden|4|artist=Kim Wilde|song=View from a Bridge|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Switzerland|2|artist=Kim Wilde|song=View from a Bridge|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|UK|16|date=19820502|rowheader=true|access-date=1 January 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|West Germany|6|songid=835|artist=Kim Wilde|song=View from a Bridge|rowheader=true|access-date=28 February 2021}} |
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Certifications
France (SNEP) Gold +250.000
References
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Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
Category:Songs written by Marty Wilde
Category:Songs written by Ricky Wilde