SMASH HITS MAGAZINE REVISITED
YEAR OF 1984
Below you can revisit Smash Hits Magazine from 1984 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 -
5th January 1984
Cover - Eurythmics
Posters - The Alarm and Paul Weller.
Lyrics - ABC, Eurythmics, The Police, Snowy White, Al Jolson, The Alarm, Big Country and Shakin' Stevens / Bonnie Tyler.
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Archive Issue -
19th January 1984
Cover - Echo and The Bunnymen
Posters - Simple Minds and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
Lyrics - Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Echo And The Bunnymen, Joe Fagin, Whitesnake, China Crisis, The Icicle Works, Simple Minds, Musical Youth, Genesis and Roxy Music.
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Archive Issue -
2nd February 1984
Cover - Marilyn
Posters - Stuart Adamson and China Crisis.
Lyrics - Fiction Factory, Madness, Thomas Dolby, Cyndi Lauper, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, The Smiths, The Truth, Slade, Queen, Matthew Wilder, Gloria Gaynor and Madonna.
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Archive Issue -
16th February 1984
Cover - Madonna
Posters - Kajagoogoo and Midge Ure.
Lyrics - Howard Jones, Re-Flex, Manhattan Transfer, The Style Council, Shannon, Marilyn, Ultravox, Swans Way, Nik Kershaw, Tina Turner, Marillion, Kajagoogoo, The Steve Miller Band, Rick Springfield, Elbow Bones And The Racketeers and Nena.
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Archive Issue -
1st March 1984
Cover - Jon Moss
Posters - Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Nena and Nik Kershaw.
Lyrics - Culture Club, UB40, Van Halen, Matt Bianco,
Billy Joel, Soft Cell, Kool And The Gang, The Rolling Stones, Wang Chung, Break Machine, China Crisis, Rockwell and Tracey Ullman.
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Archive Issue -
15th March 1984
Cover - Paul Young
Posters - Robert Smith, Thompson Twins and Carmel.
Lyrics - Bananarama, Shakin' Stevens, The Icicle Works, Michael Jackson, Mel Brooks, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sade, James Ingram, Carmel, Depeche Mode, Weather Girls, Julia And Company, The Fraggles, Alexei Sayle, Lionel Richie and Fiction Factory.
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Archive Issue -
29th March 1984
Cover - Nik Kershaw
Posters - Steve Norman and Wham.
Lyrics - Simple Minds, Madonna, Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force, Thompson Twins, Propaganda, Cyndi Lauper,
Thomas Dolby, Scritti Politti, Phil Fearon and Galaxy, The Cure, Bourgie Bourgie and Cliff Richard.
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Archive Issue -
12th April 1984
Cover - Thompson Twins
Posters - Siouxsie and Sade.
Lyrics - Rick Springfield, Kool And The Gang,
Billy Joel, The Special AKA, Rockwell, Duran Duran, Blancmange, Nik Kershaw, Queen, Rufus And Chaka Khan and Captain Sensible.
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Archive Issue -
26th April 1984
Cover - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Posters - Annie Lennox, Duran Duran and Nik Kershaw.
Lyrics - New Order, Nena, Phil Collins, Sandie Shaw, S.O.S. Band, Dead Or Alive,
The Bluebells, OMD, The Psychedelic Furs, The Imposter, Helen Terry, Shannon, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Echo And The Bunnymen and Kajagoogoo.
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Archive Issue -
10th May 1984
Cover - Sade
Posters - Madness and Shakin' Stevens.
Lyrics - Bananarama, The Human League, Van Halen, The Style Council, Sade, Status Quo, Kenny Loggins, David Sylvian, Womack And Womack, Weird Al Yankkovic, Imagination, Pointer Sisters, Wham, King Kurt, Ultravox and The Flying Pickets.
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Archive Issue -
24th May 1984
Cover - Wham
Posters -Limahl, Depeche Mode and Tom Bailey.
Lyrics - Terri Wells, Howard Jones, Madonna, Nick Heyward, Deniece Williams, Madness, Break Machine, Jeffrey Osborne, Limahl, Everything But The Girl,
Hazel Dean, Jocelyn Brown, Marillion, Siouxsie And The Banshies, The Smiths and Peter Schilling.
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Archive Issue -
7th June 1984
Cover - Spandau Ballet
Posters - Ultravox and Marc Almond.
Lyrics - Scritti Politti, Michael Jackson, Dead Or Alive, Sister Sledge, Spandau Ballet, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Associates, Rod Stewart, Evelyn Thomas, The Pretenders, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and Alvin Stardust.
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Archive Issue -
21st June 1984
Cover - Bronski Beat
Posters - Howard Jones, Dead or Alive and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
Lyrics - Echo And The Bunnymen, Womack And Womack, Bronski Beat, Change, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Ozzy Osbourne, Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie,
OMD, Human League, Nik Kershaw, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, Alison Moyet and The Art Company.
Archive Issue -
5th July 1984
Cover - Neil (TYO)
Posters - Martin Kemp and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.
Lyrics - The Jacksons with Mick Jagger, The Bluebells, Neil, Billy Joel, The Flying Pickets, Thompson Twins, Gary Glitter, Grandmaster And Melle Mel, Ollie And Jerry,
Blancmange, Everything But The Girl, Mighty Wah!,
Julio Iglesias And Diana Ross, Prince and Tina Turner.
Archive Issue -
19th July 1984
Cover - Boy George
Posters - George Michael, Green (SP) and David Sylvian.
Lyrics - The Weather Girls, Ultravox, Rob Stewart, Shannon, Divine, Queen, Shakatak, George Michael, Phil Fearon and Galaxy, Van Halen, Billy Idol and Tracy Ullman.
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Archive Issue -
2nd August 1984
Cover - Simon Le Bon
Posters - Tracey Ullman, Spandau Ballet and Prince And The Revolution.
Lyrics - Iron Maiden, Howard Jones, Black Lace, AC/DC, Jeffrey Osborne, David Sylvian, Windjammer, Caroll Lynn Townes, Laura Branigan, The Kane Gang, Band Of Gold, Diana Ross And Michael Jackson, Hazell Dean and Shriekback.
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Archive Issue -
16th August 1984
Cover - Howard Jones
Posters - Queen, The Smiths and The Bluebells.
Lyrics - Tears For Fears, Pointer Sisters, Spandau Ballet, Miami Sound Machine, Dio, M+ M, S.O.S. Band, Sade, The Smiths, Michael Jackson, Break Machine, Elton John and Lloyd Cole And The Commotions.
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Archive Issue -
30th August 1984
Cover - Annie Lennox
Posters - George Michael and U2.
Lyrics - Ray Parker Jr, O.M.D, Cyndi Lauper, Alphaville, Heaven 17, Depeche Mode, U2, Bucks Fizz, The Cool Notes, Quiet Riot, Stevie Wonder and The Jacksons.
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Archive Issue -
13th September 1984
Cover - Adam Ant
Posters - Nick Rhodes and David Bowie.
Lyrics - Bronski Beat, Queen, The Mighty Wah, The Bluebells, Nik Kershaw, The Armoury Show, Kiss, Malcolm McLaren, Level 42, Sister Sledge, Aztec Camera, Adam Ant, Shakin Stevens and Tina Turner.
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Archive Issue -
27th September 1984
Cover - Wham
Posters - Billy Idol, Prince and Depeche Mode.
Lyrics - Wham, Freddy Mercury, The Style Council, Big Country, Paul McCartney, Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five, Stephanie Mills, David Bowie, Prince And The Revolution, Billy Idol, Tom Robinson, UB40 and Culture Club.
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Archive Issue -
11th October 1984
Cover - Paul Young
Posters - Sade, Bananarama and U2.
Lyrics - Heaven 17, The Cars, Ultravox, Paul Young, Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder, John Waite, Animal Nightlife, The Stranglers, Bananarama, Miami Sound Machine, Kim Wilde, Spandau Ballet, Alison Moyet and Elton John.
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Archive Issue -
25th October 1984
Cover - Frankie
Posters - Duran Duran and Jon Moss.
Lyrics - Bruce Springsteen, Meat Loaf, Siouxsie And The Banchees, Feargal Sharkey, Bucks Fizz, Billy Ocean, Duran Duran, Tracey Ullman, Nick Heyward, Julian Lennon, Lionel Richie, Eugene Wild, David Sylvian, Status Quo, Hazell Dean and Chaka Khan.
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Archive Issue -
8th November 1984
Cover - Nick Heyward
Posters - Dave Gahan, Paul Young and Kim Wilde.
Lyrics - ZZ Top, OMD, Iron Maiden, Gary Numan, Nik Kershaw, Huey Lewis And The News, Dead Or Alive, Scritti Politti, Cyndi Lauper, The Cars, The Kane Gang, Pointer Sisters, Level 42 and Limahl.
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Archive Issue -
22nd November 1984
Cover - Depeche Mode
Posters - Wham, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Nik Kershaw.
Lyrics - Depeche Mode, The Dazz Band, Shakin' Stevens,
Prince, Matt Bianco, Alvin Stardust, Culture Club, The Temptations, Billy Joel, Jim Diamond, Black Lace, Slade,
Human League, Sister Sledge and Madonna.
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Archive Issue -
6th December 1984
Cover - Strawberry Switchblade
Posters - Annie Lennox and David Bowie.
Lyrics - Ian McCulloch, Alison Moyet, Bronski Beat,
David Bowie, Paul Young, Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus, Kool And The Gang, UB40, Spandau Ballet,
Murray Head, Band Aid, Thompson Twins, Strawberry Switchblade, Tina Turner, The Flying Pickets, Stevie Wonder, Big Country, Wham! and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
Archive Issue -
20th December 1984
Cover - John Taylor and Julian Lennon
Posters - Howard Jones, Duran Duran and Wham.
Lyrics - Queen, The Council Collective, Wham,
The Toy Dolls and Gary Glitter.
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Archive Issue -
Yearbook 1985
Info - In December 1984, Smash Hits released a Yearbook for 1985. The Year Book featured various artists such as Duran Duran, Culture Club, Wham, Paul Weller from the Style Council, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and many more.
The publication also included a 1985 diary.
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Archive Issue -
Sticker Book
Info - Smash Hits produced a Sticker Book that was given away free in the 15th March - 28th March 1984 issue. The same issue also came with a free set of 6 stickers to start the readers into collecting the stickers required to complete the book.
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Archive Issue -
Christmas Party Woolworth
Info - This was a magazine that was produced by Smash Hits for the UK high street store Woolworth.
It was produced in the style of a normal Smash Hits Magazine, with Interviews and adverts, but no song lyrics and was given away free in the store in December 1984.
This issue included Christmas Hits And Headlines, Frankie Goes To Hollywood interview, The Art Of Parties - How Do Celebrities Celebrate Christmas, The Faces Of 1984, All Dressed Up - Stars Dress For Panto, Christmas The Whole World Over, In The Kitchen At Parties - Stars and their Baking Tips, A Computerised Christmas Story by Heaven 17 and a Duran Duran poster.
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