SMASH HITS MAGAZINE REVISITED
YEAR OF 1983
Below you can revisit Smash Hits Magazine from 1983 by clicking the images or you can click the logo to visit Michael's fantastic Smash Hits Remembered website for a more in depth look at Smash Hits.
Archive Issue -
6th January 1983
Cover - Malcolm McLaren
Posters - The Jam and Shakin Stevens.
Lyrics - Wham, Toyah, The Farmers Boys, Culture Club, Talk Talk, David Bowie, The Jam, Adam And The Ants, Vice Squad, Duran Duran, Japan and Spandau Ballet.
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Archive Issue -
20th January 1983
Cover - Pete Wylie
Posters - Boy George and The Belle Stars.
Lyrics - Eddy Grant, Wah!, Daryl Hall And John Oates, Dire Straits, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Joe Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Laura Branigan, Men At Work, Melba Moore and Echo And The Bunnymen.
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Archive Issue -
3rd February 1983
Cover - Kajagoogoo
Posters - Tears For Fears and The Stanglers.
Lyrics - The Belle Stars, Kajagoogoo, Prince, Indeep, Aztec Camera, Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, China Crisis, Tears For Fears, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, Elkie Brooks, 10CC and Haysi Fantayzee.
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Archive Issue -
17th February 1983
Cover - OMD
Posters - Spandau Ballet.
Lyrics - Musical Youth, Orchestral Manoeuvres, The Thompson Twins, Rockers Revenge, Level 42, Pat Benatar, Malcolm McLaren, Madness, Toto, Fun Boy Three, Central Line, UB40 and Icehouse.
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Archive Issue -
3rd March 1983
Cover - Eurythmics
Posters - Kajagoogoo and Fun Boy Three.
Lyrics - Soft Cell, Bucks Fizz, Orange Juice, Eurythmics, Blancmange, Cliff Richard and Phil Everly, Patti Austin and James Ingram, Thin Lizzy, Bonnie Tyler, Luther Vandross, Evelyn King, Joboxers, Kid Creole And The Coconuts and Forrest.
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Archive Issue -
17th March 1983
Cover - Tracie and Paul Weller
Posters - Siobhan Fahey, Martin Fry and Orange Juice.
Lyrics - Bowwowwow, Kissing The Pink, Modern Romance, Nick Heyward, Joe Jackson, Joan Armatrading, Ultravox, Wha!, Style Council, Motorhead, Phil Collins, Leo Sayer, Duran Duran and Altered Images.
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Archive Issue -
31st March 1983
Cover - Clare Grogan
Posters - Mari Wilson and David Bowie.
Lyrics - U2, Talk Talk, Tracie, Culture Club, The Band AKA, Roman Holliday, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Tracey Ullman, David Joseph, Gary Numan, New Order, UFO, Sunfire, Kajagoogoo, Big Country and The Teardrop Explodes.
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Archive Issue -
14th April 1983
Cover - Thompson Twins
Posters - Big Country and JoBoxers.
Lyrics - OMD, TOTO, The Farmer's Boys, Spandau Ballet, Robert Palmer, Kenny Everett, Sweet Dreams, The Beatles, A Flock Of Seagulls, F. R. David, David Bowie, Heaven 17, Thompson Twins, Cliff Richard and Bauhaus.
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Archive Issue -
28th April 1983
Cover - Human League
Posters - Bauhaus and Tracy Ullman.
Lyrics - Tears For Fears, Men At Work, The Belle Stars, The Human League, Michael Jackson, Eddy Grant, Twisted Sister, The Kids From Fame, The Questions, Daryl Hall And John Oates, Grace Jones, New Edition, Chill Fac-Torr, Iron Maiden, The Creatures and Musical Youth.
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Archive Issue -
12th May 1983
Cover - JoBoxers
Posters - Heaven 17 and Tony Hadley.
Lyrics - Blancmange, Saxon, China Crisis, Wham,
Icehouse, Modern Romance, David Grant, Galaxy, Sex Pistols, Yazoo, JoBoxers,
The Beat, Bonnie Tyler and Fun Boy Three.
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Archive Issue -
26th May 1983
Cover - Stuart Adamson
Posters - Paul Weller and The Creatures.
Lyrics - Altered Images, D-Train, Imagination, The Police, Forrest, Kajagoogoo, Elton John, Motorhead, The Style Council, Billy Paul, Hot Chocolate, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Robert Wyatt, Big Country and Michael Jackson.
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Archive Issue -
9th June 1983
Cover - Leee John
Posters - Edwin Collins and The Beat.
Lyrics - Nick Heyward, Shalamar, Aztec Camera, Ultravox, David Bowie, Booker Newbury III, Meat Loaf, Robert Palmer,
H2O, Mari Wilson, Orange Juice, George Benson, Flash And The Pan, Twisted Sister and Agnetha Faltskog.
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Archive Issue -
23rd June 1983
Cover - Matt Fretton
Posters - The Police and H20.
Lyrics - Bucks Fizz, Rod Stewart, Heaven 17, Irene Cara, The Imposter, Toto, Marillion, The Truth, Joni Mitchell, Bananarama, David Sylvian and Ruyichi Sakamoto, Matt Fretton, Kissing The Pink and Mike Oldfield.
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Archive Issue -
7th July 1983
Cover - Paul Young
Posters - Shalamar and Duran Duran.
Lyrics - Thompson Twins, Yello, Iron Maiden, Marc and Mambas, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Funk Masters, Ultravox, Midge Ure and Mick Karn, Jimmy The Hoover, Eurythmics, Freeez, Malcolm McLaren, Paul Young, ELO and Tom Robinson.
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Archive Issue -
21st July 1983
Cover - Tracie
Posters - Depeche Mode and Eurythmics.
Lyrics - Roman Holliday, Men At Work, The Beat, Tracie, Modern Romance, Shakin' Stevens, Musical Youth, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, The Cure, The Police, Depeche Mode, The Lotus Eaters, Mary Jane Girls and George Benson.
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Archive Issue -
4th August 1983
Cover - Duran Duran
Posters - Spandau Ballet and Bananarama.
Lyrics - The Creatures, Bruce Foxton, Wham, Club House, Altered Images, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Kim Wilde, Spandau Ballet, Motorhead, Elton John, The Style Council, Robert Plant, Shalamar, H2O and KC And The Sunshine Band.
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Archive Issue -
18th August 1983
Cover - Wham
Posters - Style Council and Sting.
Lyrics - The Truth, Rod Stewart, Madness, Whitesnake, Carmel, The Kinks, Level 42, UB40, The O'Jays, David Bowie, Kraftwerk, New Edition, JoBoxers, Haircut One Hundred, Galaxy and David Grant.
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Archive Issue -
1st September 1983
Cover - Heaven 17
Posters - Madness and The Lotus Eaters.
Lyrics - Gary Numan, The Glove, Heaven 17, Cliff Richard, Classix Nouveaux, Culture Club, The Teardrop Explodes, Matt Fretton, Men At Work, New Order, Def Leppard, Genesis, Big Country, Paul Young, Annabel Lamb and Stray Cats.
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Archive Issue -
15th September 1983
Cover - Roman Holliday
Posters - David Bowie and Culture Club.
Lyrics - Soft Cell, Elvis Costello, Shakatak, Roman Holliday, Status Quo, The Special AKA, Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack, The Beatles, Siouxsie And The Banshees, David Bowie, Nick Heyward, Kajagoogoo, ELO, Ryan Paris and Altered Images.
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Archive Issue -
29th September 1983
Cover - Culture Club
Posters - Modern Romance and David Gahan.
Lyrics - Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Depeche Mode,
PIL, Toyah, David Grant, Howard Jones, Freeez, Bruce Foxton, Tracey Ullman,
Michael Jackson, David Essex, Monyaka, Bucks Fizz,
The Sweet and Hot Chocolate.
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Archive Issue -
13th October 1983
Cover - Jimmy The Hoover
Posters - The Cure and Paul Young.
Lyrics - Duran Duran, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, The Rock Steady Crew, The Lotus Eaters, UB40, Black Lace, Simon and Garfunkel, Meat Loaf,
The Alarm, Elton John, Jimmy The Hoover, George Benson, The Cure, Lionel Richie and Shalamar.
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Archive Issue -
27th October 1983
Cover - Roddy Frame
Posters - Limahl and Tracey Ullman.
Lyrics - Eurythmics, Lydia Murdock, Men Without Hats,
Status Quo, Billy Joel, Aztec Camera, Gary Numan,
Shakin' Stevens, Adam Ant, Barry Manilow, Limahl, The Police, Madness, ABC, China Crisis and Imagination.
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Archive Issue -
10th November 1983
Cover - ABC
Posters - The Belle Stars and Nick Heyward.
Lyrics - Thompson Twins, The Style Council, Marilyn, Simple Minds, Blancmange, Tom Robinson, Julian Cope, Kim Wilde, Modern Romance, The Belle Stars, Paul Young, King Kurt, Genesis, Cliff Richard, Eddy Grant, Will Powers and Joy Division.
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Archive Issue -
24th November 1983
Cover - Jim Kerr
Posters - Howard Jones and Adam Ant.
Lyrics - Culture Club, The Smiths, Tracie Ullman, Care,
Yes, The Assembly, Tina Turner, Joy Division, KC and the Sunshine Band, Howard Jones, Nick Heyward, Abba, The Rolling Stones, Bucks Fizz, Toyah, The Pretenders and Culture Club.
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Archive Issue -
8th December 1983
Cover - Duran Duran
Posters - Duran Duran / Eurythmics and Marilyn.
Lyrics - Tears For Fears, Billy Joel, Status Quo, Nik Kershaw, Lionel Richie, UB40, Slade, David Grant, Ozzy Osbourne, Kirsty MacColl, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Adam Ant, David Essex, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Roland Rat Superstar, Elton John and The Flying Pickets.
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Archive Issue -
22nd December 1983
Cover - Howard Jones
Posters - Messy Christmas and Boy George / Mum.
Lyrics - Paul McCartnery, Malcolm McLaren, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow, Quiet Riot, Kool And The Gang, Elvis Presley and Eartha Kitt.
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Archive Issue -
Yearbook 1984
Info - In December 1983 Smash Hits released a Yearbook for 1984. The Year Book featured various artists such as Duran Duran, Culture Club, Wham, Paul Weller from the Style Council, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Spandau Ballet and many more.
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Archive Issue -
Christmas Special Edition 1983
Cover - Boy George / Annie Lennox
Posters - Culture Club, Sting, Simon Le Bon and Eurythmics.
Lyrics - Elvis Presley, Culture Club, The Beatles, Rod Stewart, Eurythmics and David Bowie.
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Archive Issue -
Who's Who Booklet
Info - This was given away free over 3 issues of the magazine.
Starting with the issue 9th - 22nd June and ending on the 7th - 20th July, the Smash Hits Who's Who booklet listed the 48 most famous faces in British pop, at that time.
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Archive Issue -
Just Seventeen Preview Copy
Info - In the 13th October issue of Smash Hits - A preview copy of the new magazine for girls entitled 'Just Seventeen' was given away free.
This is also referred to as J-17, 'Just Seventeen' became a weekly magazine aimed at teenage girls and was published by Emap, who were the same publisher as Smash Hits.
The magazine ran from October 1983 till April 2004 and became the market leader in teen magazines until the launch of 'Sugar' in 1994.
Archive Issue -
Duran Duran Special
Info - Issue 131, 8th December - 21st December 1983 saw a 16 Page Special Pull Out of the band Duran Duran.
The special included pictures and features of the band.
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