| Periodical Title | Smash Hits |
| Editor | Steve Bush, Vici MacDonald |
| Deputy Editor | Tom Hibbert |
| Features Editor | Chris Heath |
| Design Assistant | Jaqui Doyle |
| Assistant Editor | Sylvia Patterson |
| Photo/Picture Researcher | Derrin Schlesinger |
| Researcher | Sue Miles |
| Editorial Assistant | Jo Collins |
| Staff | Jo Bailey |
| Designed by | Naomi Davies, Simon Josebury, Russell Tate |
| Photography | Tim Bauer, Andrew Catlin, Paul Rider, Russell Young |
| Illustrator | Kipper Williams |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Billy Hurman, Mary Calderwood, Frank Keeling, Zed Zawada |
| Advertising | Sandra McClean |
| Marketing Manager | Fiona Smith |
| Editorial Director | David Hepworth |
| Publishing Director | Tom Moloney |
| Distributed by/Director of Distribution | EMAP Frontline |
| Cover photo | Paul Rider |
| Review by | Simon Mills, Simon Braithwaite, Josephine Hocking, Colette Campbell |
| Contributor | Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp |
| Photography Archive | Rex Features, Retna, Pictorial Press, Alpha, London Features International |
| Contributing Photographer | D.I.D. Circle*, Julian Barton, Paul Cox (2) |
| About/Subject | Michael Jackson, The Big Supreme, Felt, Falco (2)*, Paul Young, The Fall, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Shanghai Surprise |
| Interview with/Interviewee | Five Star, Chrissie Hynde, Billy Idol, Lawrence, Mark E. Smith, Brix Smith Start, Nik Kershaw |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Cover Date | 1986-10-08 |
| Pages / Font | 80 pages |
| Issue Number | 205 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Issue Number | 21 |
| Price | 45p |
| Price | Germany Dm2.50 |
| Price | Holland HFL2.35 |
| Price | Singapore S$3 |
| Notes | Includes cover for The Smash Hits Book of Personal Files as well as the first few pages. Gary & Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet review the singles. |
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