| Periodical Title | Smash Hits |
| Editor | David Hepworth |
| Design Manager/Supervisor | Steve Bush |
| Assistant Editor | Ian Birch, Neil Tennant |
| Features Editor | Mark Ellen |
| Designed by | David Bostock, Kimberley Leston |
| Editorial Assistant | Bev Hillier, Linda Duff, Plaxy Exton |
| Photography | Jill Furmanovsky, Sheila Rock, Mark Rusher, Virginia Turbett, Eric Watson |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Rod Sopp |
| Advertising | Zed Zawada |
| Staff | Petra Elkan |
| Publisher | Peter Strong |
| Distributed by/Director of Distribution | EMAP |
| Cover photo | Eric Watson |
| Contributing Writer | Peter Stockton, Geoffrey Deane, Bev Hillier, Barry |
| Review by | Jim Shelley, Kimberley Leston |
| Illustrator | Kipper Williams |
| Contributing Photographer | Robert Ellis, Fin Costello, Steve Rapport, Paul Slattery, Allan Ballard |
| Photography Archive | London Features International, Picture Power |
| About/Subject | Nick Heyward, The Jam, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Midge Ure, Bauhaus, White & Torch, Mick Karn, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Adam And The Ants*, Toyah |
| Interview with/Interviewee | Culture Club, Dolly Mixture, Adam Ant, Musical Youth |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Cover Date | 1982-10-14 |
| Pages / Font | 56 pages |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Issue Number | 21 |
| Price | 40p |
| Price | Eire ir 60½p inc. VAT |
| Notes | With giant poster featuring Nick Heyward & The Jam. |
