| Periodical Title | Smash Hits |
| Editor | Ian Cranna |
| Features Editor | David Hepworth |
| Design Manager/Supervisor | Steve Bush |
| Production Director/Manager | Kasper de Graaf |
| Editorial Assistant | Bev Hillier, Linda Duff |
| Managing Editor | Nick Logan |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Rod Sopp |
| Advertising | Adie Hegarty |
| Publisher | Peter Strong |
| Illustrator | Mark Casto |
| Contributing Writer | Steve Taylor, Fred Dellar, Deanne Pearson, Francis Drake, Peter Gilbert, Ronnie Gurr, Bev Hillier, Steve Bush, Red Starr, Mark Ellen |
| Review by | Geoffrey Deane |
| Contributing Photographer | Michael Putland, London Features International, Virginia Turbett, Simon Fowler, Darryl Pitt, Francesco Mellina, Chris Horler, Paul Edmond, Adrian Boot, Jill Furmanovsky, Mike Laye, Peter Gilbert, Brian Aris, John Timbers |
| Contributor | Robin Katz, Mike Stand |
| Contributing Artist | The Beat |
| About/Subject | Steve Strange, Visage, XTC, Hazel O'Connor, Bauhaus, John Lennon, The Clash, The Look, Pauline Murray |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | London |
| Cover Date | 1981-01-22 |
| Pages / Font | 44 pages |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Price | 35p |
| Price | USA $1.75 |
