| Periodical Title | Smash Hits |
| Editor | Steve Bush |
| Deputy Editor | Tom Hibbert |
| Features Editor | Chris Heath |
| Design Manager/Supervisor | Vici MacDonald |
| Design Assistant | Jaqui Doyle |
| Staff Writer | Sylvia Patterson |
| Photo/Picture Researcher | Derrin Schlesinger |
| Researcher | Sue Miles |
| Editorial Assistant | Jo Collins |
| Staff | Jo Bailey |
| Photography | Andrew Catlin, Michael Putland, Steve Rapport, Paul Rider, Sheila Rock |
| Illustrator | Kipper Williams |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Billy Hurman, Mary Calderwood, Frank Keeling, Zed Zawada |
| Advertising | Sandra McClean |
| Director of Marketing | Fiona Smith |
| Editorial Director | David Hepworth |
| Publishing Director | Tom Moloney |
| Distributed by/Director of Distribution | EMAP Frontline |
| Publisher | EMAP National Publications Ltd. |
| Printed by | Severn Valley Press Ltd. |
| Origination by | Tabloid Fotoset Ltd |
| Separations by | Planfour Colour Ltd |
| Cover photo | Paul Rider |
| Contributing Writer | Nick Kelly (2) |
| Review by | Colette Campbell, Simon Mills, Duncan Wright, Helen Mead |
| Contributing Photographer | Johnny Rozsa |
| About/Subject | Brother Beyond, Robert Palmer, Audrey Hall, The Beatles, Doctor & The Medics, Morten Harket, The Karate Kid (film), Sid and Nancy, Michael Hutchence |
| Interview with/Interviewee | It Bites, Five Star, Hollywood Beyond, Spandau Ballet, Ozzy Osbourne, Stan Ridgway |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Cover Date | 1986-07-30 |
| Pages / Font | 80 pages |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Issue Number | 16 |
| Price | 45p |
| Price | Germany Dm3 |
| Price | Singapore S$3 |
