View from a Bridge
"View from a Bridge" | ||||
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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 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde | |||
Producer(s) | Ricky Wilde | |||
Kim Wilde singles chronology | ||||
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"View from a Bridge" is the second single released internationally from Kim Wilde's second album, Select.
The song tells the story of a girl committing suicide by jumping off a bridge and 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.
It has sold 348,000 copies in France.[1]
Chart performance
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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United Kingdom | 16 |
Switzerland | 2 |
Belgium | 4 |
Sweden | 4 |
Finland[2] | 5 |
Netherlands | 7 |
Germany | 6 |
Australia | 7 |
Austria | 10 |
Ireland | 16 |
References
- ↑ http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Chansons_Tout_Temps.php?debut=1000
- ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
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