| 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 |
| Designed by | Naomi Davies, Simon Josebury, Sarah Habershon |
| Photography | Andrew Catlin, Michael Putland, Steve Rapport, 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 |
| Publisher | EMAP Metro Ltd |
| Printed by | Severn Valley Press Ltd. |
| Origination by | Tabloid Fotoset Ltd |
| Separations by | Planfour Colour Ltd |
| Contributing Writer | Nick Kelly (2), William Shaw (2) |
| Review by | Helen Mead, Deborah Sippitts, Alex Spillius |
| Contributing Photographer | Peter Mountain, Tim Bauer, d.i.d. Circle |
| Photography Archive | Pictorial Press |
| About/Subject | Music Industry, The The, Samantha Fox, Psychedelic Furs, The Bangles, a-ha, Big Country, Dead Or Alive, Nik Kershaw |
| Interview with/Interviewee | Matt Johnson, Simon Andrew, Darryl Pandy, Owen Paul, ZZ Top, The Communards, Gary Numan, The Pogues |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Cover Date | 1986-09-24 |
| Pages / Font | 88 pages |
| Issue Number | 203 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Issue Number | 19 |
| Price | 45p |
| Price | Germany Dm3 |
| Price | Singapore S$3 |
