| Periodical Title | Smash Hits |
| Editor | Ian Cranna |
| Features Editor | David Hepworth |
| Design Manager/Supervisor | Steve Bush |
| Design Assistant | Michelle Mortimer |
| Production Director/Manager | Kasper de Graaf |
| Editorial Journalist | Mark Ellen |
| Editorial Assistant | Bev Hillier, Linda Duff |
| Managing Editor | Nick Logan |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Rod Sopp |
| Advertising | Adie Hegarty |
| Publisher | Peter Strong, EMAP National Publications Ltd. |
| Printed by | East Midland Litho Printers |
| Contributing Writer | Deanne Pearson, Mark Ellen, Fred Dellar, Jon Swift |
| Illustrator | Mark Casto |
| Contributing Photographer | Jill Furmanovsky, Michael Putland, London Features International, Fin Costello, Chris Horler, Simon Fowler, Virginia Turbett, Paul Canty, Kevin Cummins, Adrian Boot, Paul Slattery, Allan Ballard, David Corio |
| Review by | Red Starr, Bev Hillier |
| Contributor | Robin Katz, Mike Stand, Steve Taylor, Ronnie Gurr |
| About/Subject | The Police, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Eddy Grant, Status Quo, Kenny Everett, Visage, Two-Tone Records, The Specials, The Boomtown Rats, Generation X, David Bowie |
| Interview with/Interviewee | Lynval Golding |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | London |
| Cover Date | 1981-01-08 |
| Pages / Font | 40 pages |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Price | 35p |
| Price | USA $1.75 |
