SMASH HITS MAGAZINE REVISITED
YEAR OF 1988
Below you can revisit Smash Hits Magazine from 1988 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 -
13th January 1988
Cover - A-Ha
Posters - A-Ha, George Michael, T-Pau and U2.
Lyrics - Climie Fisher, Depeche Mode, Krush,
Bananarama, Terence Trent D'Arby, George Michael, Billy Idol, Joyce Sims, The Stranglers,
Morris Minor And The Majors and Cher.
An 8 page pull-out of 1987 Songwords is also included in this issue..
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Archive Issue -
27th January 1988
Cover - Tiffany
Posters - Eddie Kidd, Bros, Belinda Carlisle, Terence Trent D'Arby, Tiffany, T'Pau and Sinitta.
Lyrics - The Beatmasters featuring The Cookie Crew, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, The Christians, INXS, Elton John, Tiffany, Dollar, Bros, T'Pau, G.O.S.H and AC/DC.
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Archive Issue -
10th February 1988
Cover - Bros
Posters - Morrissey, Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Bruce Willis, Patsy Kensit, Bros and Brother Beyond.
Lyrics - Screaming Blue Messiahs, Sharpe And Numan, Billy Ocean, The Bangles, The Mission, Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue,
Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, The Communards,
Taylor Dayne, Jermaine Stewart, Debbie Gibson and Whitesnake.
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Archive Issue -
24th February 1988
Cover - Johnny Hates Jazz
Posters - The Communards, Clark Datchler, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, Bomb The Bass and Boy George.
Lyrics - Mel and Kim, Was Not Was, Johnny Hates Jazz, Eighth Wonder, Venessa Paradis, Deacon Blue, Morrissey, Sinead O'Connor, Belinda Carlisle and Eddy Grant.
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Archive Issue -
9th March 1988
Cover - Wet Wet Wet
Posters - Michael Jackson, Mel and Kim, Pet Shop Boys, A-Ha and Belinda Carlisle.
Lyrics - Coldcut featuring Yazz And The Plastic Population, George Harrison, The Primatives, Erasure, A-Ha, The Sisters Of Mercy, Echo And The Bunnymen, Wet Wet Wet, Derek 8, Eddie Cochran, Whitney Houston and Bros.
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Archive Issue -
23rd March 1988
Cover - Pet Shop Boys
Posters - Michael Hutchence, Pet Shop Boys, Wet Wet Wet, Erasure, Rick Astley and an 8 page Bros Special including Bros / Matt / Luke and Craig Logan posters also.
Lyrics - Sinitta, Tiffany, Heart, Aswad, Afrika Bambaataa And Family featuring UB40, Aztec Camera, Climie Fisher, Pet Shop Boys, Taja Sevelle,
Debbie Gibson, Eric B And Rakim, Jesus And Mary Chain and Keith Sweat.
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Archive Issue -
6th April 1988
Cover - A-Ha
Posters - Patrick Swayse, George Michael, A Ha, Debbie Gibson and Climie Fisher.
Lyrics - Patrick Swayze, The Clash, Iron Maiden,
Pebbles, Status Quo, Glen Goldsmith, George Michael, Def Leppard, Taylor Dayne, Sade,
Simon Harris, Bananarama and Jellybean.
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Archive Issue -
20th April 1988
Cover - Phillip Schofield
Posters - Belinda Carlisle, Jellybean, Patsy Kensit, Johnny Hates Jazz, Joe Elliot, Wet Wet Wet, Taja Sevelle and Wet Wet Wet.
Lyrics - AC/DC, Salt 'N' Pepa, T'Pau, Fleetwood Mac, Jermaine Stewart,
Cher, Brenda Russell,
Pat and Mick, The Mission,
Natalie Cole, Eurythmics and Hazell Dean.
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Archive Issue -
4th May 1988
Cover - Tiffany
Posters - Wet Wet Wet, Tiffany, Bros, Climie Fisher and Bananarama.
Lyrics - Fairground Attraction, Debbie Gibson,
Luther Vandross, Danny Wilson, Deacon Blue, The Christians, S-Express, The Adventures, Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, All About Eve, James Brown, The Housemartins, Belinda Carlisle and Michael Jackson / The Jackson Five.
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Archive Issue -
18th May 1988
Cover - Climie Fisher
Posters - Nick Kamen, Five Star, Morten Harket, Kylie Minogue and Patrick Swayze.
Lyrics - New Order, Harry Enfield, The Primitives, Magnum, Mica Paris, Climie Fisher, Billy Ocean, Kylie Minogue, Prince, Aztec Camera, Derek B, Star Turn On 45 Pints, Poison, Heart, Narada, Prefab Sprouts and Wet Wet Wet.
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Archive Issue -
1st June 1988
Cover - Bros
Posters - Boy George, Debbie Gibson, Liam O'Maonlai, Nick Kamen, Derek B and Roddy Frame.
Lyrics - England Football Team, Ofra Haza, Erasure,
Five Star, Hothouse Flowers, Status Quo, Bros,
Samantha Fox, Kim Wilde, Aswad, LA Mix, Scritti Politti and Tiffany.
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Archive Issue -
15th June 1988
Cover - Rick Astley and Derek B
Posters - Danny Wilson, Voice Of The Beehive, Tiffany, Bros, Mags and Morrissey.
Lyrics - The Timelords, A-Ha, Voice Of The Beehive, James Brown, The Communards, Rod Stewart, Whitney Houston, Boy George, The Pasadenas, Desireless, Maxi Priest, Pebbles, Sabrina and Matt Bianco.
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Archive Issue -
29th June 1988
Cover - Carol Decker
Posters - Johnny Hates Jazz, Carol Decker, George Michael, Wet Wet Wet, Mark Reilly and Bros.
Lyrics - Phil Collins, Rose Royce, T' Pau, The Sisters Of Mercy, Fat Boys with Chubby Checker,
Hazell Dean, UB40 with Chrissie Hynde, Sade, Morrissey, Bruce Springsteen, Wee Papa Girl Rappers, Glen Goldsmith, Salt 'N' Pepa, Tracy Chapman, Eurythmics and Michael Jackson.
Archive Issue -
13th July 1988
Cover - Bros
Posters - Debbie Gibson, Clark Datchler, Chris Lowe, Bros and Michael Hutchence.
Lyrics - Natalie Cole, George Michael, Mac Band,
Glenn Medeiros, Hothouse Flowers, Derek B,
Johnny Hates Jazz, Eighth Wonder, INXS, Public Enermy, Aztec Camera,
The Adventures, The Pogues, Everything But The Girl, Will Downing, Magnum and Debbie Gibson.
Archive Issue -
27th July 1988
Cover - Kylie Minogue
Posters - Nathen, Glenn Medeiros, Belinda Carlisle, Bros, Tiffany, Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Kim Wilde, Transvision Vamp and Climie Fisher.
Lyrics - Five Star, Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers, Pat Benatar, Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Def Leppard, Prince, S-Express, Siouxsie And The Banshees.
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Archive Issue -
10th August 1988
Cover - Brother Beyond
Posters - Simon Climie, Voice Of The Beehive, Wendy James, Wet Wet Wet, Kylie Minogue and Kim Wilde.
Lyrics - Steve Walsh, Fairground Attraction, BVSMP, Yazz And The Plastic Population, Brother Beyond, Shakin' Stevens, Julia Fordham,
The Funky Worm, Alexander O'Neal,
Kylie Minogue, Voice Of The Beehive, The Four Tops, Mica Paris, Tanita Tikaram, All About Eve and
Breathe.
Archive Issue -
24th August 1988
Cover - Morten Harket
Posters - Pet Shop Boys, Jason Donovan, Donny Osmond, Climie Fisher, Morten Harket, Matt Goss, Debbie Gibson, Yazz, Brother Beyond, Spagna and Jane Wiedlin.
Lyrics - Europe, Jane Wiedlin, Donny Osmond,
Status Quo, Chris Rea, Climie Fisher, Iron Maiden, Spagna, Julio Iglesias Featuring Stevie Wonder,
Level 42, Dead Or Alive and Robbie Robertson.
Archive Issue -
7th September 1988
Cover - Pet Shop Boys
Posters - Rick Astley, Breathe, Jane Wiedlin, Climie Fisher and Morten Harket.
Lyrics - Rick Astley, Natalie Cole, UB40, The Commodores, Bomb The Bass, Big Country, Matt Bianco, A-Ha, Jellybean Featuring Richard Darbyshire, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, Midge Ure, The Primitives, Guns 'N' Roses, Womack And Womack and The Proclamers.
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Archive Issue -
21st September 1988
Cover - Rick Astley
Posters - Breathe, Rick Astley, The Pasadenas, Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Brother Beyond, Glenn Medeiros, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins and Bros.
Lyrics - Pet Shop Boys, Jason Donovan, The Pasadenas, Hazell Dean, Sinitta, Bananarama,
The Hollies, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston,
Belinda Carlisle, U2, Transvision Vamp, Bros, Salt 'N' Pepa, Inner City, Coldcut, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins and Bill Withers.
Archive Issue -
5th October 1988
Cover - Brother Beyond
Posters - Jason Donovan, Phillip Schofield, Rick Astley, Bros, Brother Beyond and Carol Decker.
Lyrics - The Wee Pappa Girl Rappers, Voice Of The Beehive, Bruce Springsteen, T'Pau, The Christians, The Wonder Stuff, Easure, Level 42, Duran Duran, Alexander O'Neal, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Black, Breathe and Kim Wilde.
Archive Issue -
19th October 1988
Cover - Kylie Minogue
Posters - Michael Hutchance, Brother Beyond and Pet Shop Boys.
Lyrics - Luther Vandross, The Beatmasters Featuring P.P. Arnold, Sabrina,
Enya, Milli Vanilli, Bobby McFerrin, Kylie Minogue and D-Mob.
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Archive Issue -
2nd November 1988
Cover - Yazz
Posters - Wet Wet Wet, Salt N' Pepa, Tanita Tikaram,, Kylie Minogue, Michael Jackson, Brother Beyond and U2.
Lyrics - Gloria Estefan And The Miami Sound Machine, Kraze, Jolly Roger, Europe, Prince, Salt 'N' Pepa, Jane Wiedlin, Guns 'N Roses, Royal House, Heart,
Tanita Tikaram, Yazz, Brother Beyond, Robert Palmer, The Jungle Brothers, The Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones, The Human League and Deacon Blue.
Archive Issue -
16th November 1988
Cover - Wet Wet Wet
Posters - Tim Simenon, Pet Shop Boys, Bros, Gloria Estefan, Wet Wet Wet, Rick Astley, Salt N' Pepa and Luke Goss.
Lyrics - Mica Paris, Bryan Ferry, Pet Shop Boys,
The Pasadenas, Chris De Burgh, Simon Harris,
Angry Anderson, Bomb The Bass, Robin Beck, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Travelling Wilburys,
INXS, Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson, All About Eve, Tiffany and Michael Jackson.
Archive Issue -
30th November 1988
Cover - Kylie M and Jason D
Posters - Bros, The Pasadenas and Brother Beyond.
Lyrics - Bros, The Bangles, George Michael, Iron Maiden, Hithouse, Womack And Womack, Erasure, Phil Collins, Samantha Fox,
Kylie and Jason, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, T-Pau,
Karyn White, Kim Wilde and The Proclaimers.
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Archive Issue -
14th December 1988
Cover - Bros
Posters - Neneh Cherry, Bros, U2, Tiffany and Tim Simenon.
Lyrics - Cliff Richard, A-Ha, London Beat, U2, Status Quo, Transvision Vamp, Petula Clark, Dame Edna, Bon Jovi and Bros.
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Archive Issue -
28th December 1988
Cover - Yazz, Jason D and Bros
Posters - Tim Simenon, Bon Jovi, Wet Wet Wet and Bros.
Lyrics - Annie Lennox And Al Green, Neneh Cherry,
Shakin' Stevens,
Alexander O' Neal,
Freiheit, Inner City, New Order and The Four Tops.
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Archive Issue -
Sticker Book
Info - The Sticker Book was given away free in the issue from 9th - 22nd March 1988 by Smash Hits Magazine.
Printed by Figurine Panini this also came free with a pack of 5 stickers to get you started.
It also came with a free double sided poster for the last 18 stickers of the collection, whilst spare stickers were placed on the reverse side of the poster.
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Archive Issue -
Year Book 1989
Info - In December 1988, Smash Hits released a Yearbook for 1989. The Year Book featured various artists such as Simon Le Bon, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, U2, Kim Wilde, The Housemartins, Beastie Boys and many more.
The publication also included a month per month 1989 diary.
The whole thing was purchased for the amount of £3.25.
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