SMASH HITS MAGAZINE REVISITED
YEAR OF 1987
Below you can revisit Smash Hits Magazine from 1987 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 -
14th January 1987
Cover - Nick Berry
Posters - Mags, Ricard Butler, Jon Bon Jovi and Huey Lewis.
Lyrics - Dead Or Alive, UB40, Robbie Nevil,
Siouxsie And The Banshees, Gary Moore,
Swing Out Sister, Lionel Richie and The Style Council.
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Archive Issue -
28th January 1987
Cover - Swing Out Sister
Posters - Morrissey, The Bangles, Joey Tempest, Age Of Chance, Dead Or Alive, Wayne Hussey and Curiosity Killed The Cat.
Lyrics - The Smiths, Randy Crawford, Julian Cope, Iggy Pop, Taffy, The Mission, FREEEZ, Age Of Chance, Kool And The Gang, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Steve 'Silk' Hurley, Red Box, Vesta Williams and George Michael and Aretha Franklin.
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Archive Issue -
11th February 1987
Cover - Curiosity Killed The Cat
Posters - The Bolshoi, Paul Young, Duran Duran, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Dr Robert, The Housemartins, Nick Kamen, A-Ha, George Michael and Pepsi And Shirlie.
Lyrics - The Ward Brothers, Europe, Eric Clapton, China Crisis, Duran Duran, Simply Red, Pepsi and Shirlie, Five Star, Level 42, Billy Ocean, The Blow Monkeys, Michael Crawford, The Damned, Rosie Vela, Spandau Ballet, Hot Chocolate and Berlin.
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Archive Issue -
25th February 1987
Cover - Neil Tennant
Posters - Boy George, Billy Idol, Madonna, Curiosity Killed The Cat, The Bangles and Europe.
Lyrics - Erasure, Timbuk 3, Billy Idol, The Communards, Man 2 Man,
Percy Sledge, A-Ha, The Cult, Westworld, The Christians, Carly Simon,
Eurythmics, Mental As Anything, The Jets and Ben E King.
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Archive Issue -
11th March 1987
Cover - Beastie Boys
Posters - Madonna, Boy George, Paul Weller, Duran Duran, Wayne Hussey, Morten Harket and Janet Jackson.
Lyrics - The Style Council, Jaki Graham, Alison Moyet,
Freddie Mercury, Nick Kamen, Boy George, Beastie Boys, World Party,
Jackie Wilson, Bananarama, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Debbie Harry.
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Archive Issue -
25th March 1987
Cover - The Mission
Posters - David Bowie, Madonna, Boy George, Nick Kamen, Janet Jackson and The Jets.
Lyrics - Genesis, Prince, Dead Or Alive, The Pretenders, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Lone Justice, Mel and Kim, Blow Monkeys,
Bruce Willis, U2, Curiosity Killed The Cat, The Mission and Al Jarreau.
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Archive Issue -
8th April 1987
Cover - Jon Bon Jovi
Posters - Robert Smith, Jon Bon Jovi, Terence Trent D' Arby, U2, Mel / Kim, Prte Burns and Bruce Willis.
Lyrics - The Cure, Peter Gabriel, Whitesnake,
Ruby Turner, Bon Jovi, Janet Jackson, Lillo Thomas, Ferry Aid, Fine Young Cannibals,
The Pogues And The Dubliners, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Swing Out Sister, Club Nouveau and David Bowie.
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Archive Issue -
22nd April 1987
Cover - Robert Smith
Posters - That Petrol Emotion, Robert Smith, The Sex Pistols, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Duran Duran and Kim Wilde.
Lyrics - Five Star, The Smiths, Europe, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Kim Wilde and Junior, Rainmakers, Level 42, Cameo,
Fleetwood Mac, Judy Boucher and Westworld.
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Archive Issue -
6th May 1987
Cover - Depeche Mode
Posters - Pepsi And Shirlie, The Jets, Level 42, George Michael, Boy George and The Beastie Boys.
Lyrics - Simply Red, The Jets, Tom Jones, Glenn and Chris, Starship, The Cult, That Petrol Emotion,
Wet Wet Wet, Spear Of Destiny, UB40,
The Damned, Labi Siffre and The Jesus And Mary Chain.
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Archive Issue -
20th May 1987
Cover - Pepsi and Shirlie
Posters - Pepsi And Shirlie, Rupert Everett, Joey Tempest, Terence Trent D'Arby and Zodiac Mindwarp.
Lyrics - Johnny Hates Jazz, Carey Johnson,
The Housemartins, Whitney Houston, Beastie Boys, Alison Moyet, Robbie Nevil, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, Erasure, Wet Wet Wet, The Fall and Sly And Robbie.
Archive Issue -
3rd June 1987
Cover - George Michael
Posters - Clare Grogan, Mel And Kim, A-Ha, Swing Out Sister and Run DMC.
Lyrics - U2, Samantha Fox, Boy George, Johnny Logan, Mirage, George Michael, Billy Idol, Marillion, Pepsi and Shirlie, Donna Allen, Echo And The Bunnymen, Suzanne Vega, The Whispers, Jody Watley,
John Farnham, Run DMC, Gary Moore and Bruce Springsteen.
Archive Issue -
17th June 1987
Cover - Curiosity Killed The Cat
Posters - ABC, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Pepsi And Shirlie, Wet Wet Wet and Boy George.
Lyrics - Genesis, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Prince,
Chris Rea, Tom Jones, Simple Minds, Bruce Willis, ABC, Whitesnake and
Curiosity Killed The Cat.
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Archive Issue -
1st July 1987
Cover - A-Ha
Posters - Mark Shaw, Madonna, Erasure, Terence Trent D'Arby and Samantha Fox.
Lyrics - The Firm, Living In A Box, Pet Shop Boys, A-Ha, Janet Jackson, The Cure, Alexander O'Neal, Joyce Sims, Broken English, Crowded House and Atlantic Starr.
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Archive Issue -
15th July 1987
Cover - Mel And Kim
Posters - Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Idol and The Cure.
Lyrics - David Bowie, Bananarama, Jackie Wilson, Mel And Kim, The Beastie Boys, Boy George, Swing Out Sister, Cliff Richard, Peter Gabriel, Black, The Christians, Heart and Madonna.
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Archive Issue -
29th July 1987
Cover - Madonna
Posters - Pet Shop Boys, Beastie Boys and Jesus And Mary Chain.
Lyrics - Marillion, Shakin Stevens, Hue And Cry, Wet Wet Wet, Gap Band,
Echo And The Bunnymen, Luther Vandross, Los Lobos, Boogie Box High, Anita Dobson, Freddie McGregor and Jesus And Mary Chain.
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Archive Issue -
12th August 1987
Cover - Pet Shop Boys
Posters - Five Star, Then Jerico, Madonna, Bananarama, Sinitta, Brother Beyond, and Prince.
Lyrics - Five Star, Bon Jovi, Simply Red,
Errol Brown, Judy Boucher,, Then Jerico, Motley Crue, Michael Jackson And Siedah Garrett, Samantha Fox, New Order, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, Sinitta,
Pseudo Echo, Spagna, Def Leppard, The Smiths and
Prince.
Archive Issue -
26th August 1987
Cover - Five Star
Posters - Bros, Pet Shop Boys, Bon Jovi and U2 poster advert.
Lyrics - Kim Wilde, Rick Astley, Black, Whitney Houston, WAX, PIL,
Cliff Richard, The Cult, Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield, T'Pau and
U2.
Archive Issue -
9th September 1987
Cover - Mark Shaw
Posters - Wet Wet Wet, Mark Shaw and Michael Jackson.
Lyrics - Madonna, Danny Wilson, Depeche Mode,
ABC, Level 42, Curiosity Killed The Cat,
The Temptations, Levert, The Fat Boys, Chris Rea,
Squeeze, The Housemartins, Bruce Willis, Heart, Johnny Hates Jazz and The Communards.
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Archive Issue -
23rd September 1987
Cover - Wet Wet Wet
Posters - Bananarama, Michael Jackson, Rick Astley, Hue And Cry and Bruce Willis.
Lyrics - Boogie Box High, Beastie Boys, Michael Jackson, W.A.S.P, Pepsi and Shirlie, Def Leppard,
Cameo, Shakin' Stevens, Jonathan Butler, Hue And Cry, LL Cool J, Karel Fialka, Luther Vandross, Chic and
Gary Numan.
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Archive Issue -
7th October 1987
Cover - Bananarama
Posters - Madonna, Clark Datchler, LL Cool J, Curiosity Killed The Cat and Def Leppard.
Lyrics - Bananarama, Bruce Springsteen, Los Lobos, Five Star, Terence Trent D'Arby, Erasure,
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, Billy Idol and UB40.
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Archive Issue -
21st October 1987
Cover - Rick Astley
Posters - George Michael, Terence Trent D' Arby, Patsy Kensit, Rick Astley, Elvis Presley, Mark Shaw, Pet Shop Boys and Wet Wet Wet.
Lyrics - George Michael, The Sisters Of Mercy, Rick Astley, The Bee Gees, Steve Winwood, Was (Not Was),
Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding, The Cure, The Style Council, Kiss, Jellybeam, Pet Shop Boys,
Ray Parker Jnr, Eurythmics, The Fatback Band, The Alarm and Fleetwood Mac.
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Archive Issue -
4th November 1987
Cover - U2
Posters - Morten Harket, Robert Smith, Rick Astley, Madonna, Bananarama and George Michael.
Lyrics - Living In A Box, The Communards, Jesus And Mary Chain, T'Pau, Sting, Scarlet Fantastic, Marillion, The Smiths, Whitesnake, The Christians, Heartbeat, Janet Jackson, Bryan Ferry, Cliff Richard and George Harrison.
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Archive Issue -
18th November 1987
Cover - Phillip Schofield
Posters - Curiosity Killed The Cat, The Smiths, Wet Wet Wet, The Communards, T'pau and Boy George.
Lyrics - Whitney Houston, Boy George, Mirage, Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe, Johnny Hates Jazz, Donna Summer, Def Leppard,
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, Nina Simone, The Housemartins, Alexander O'Neal, Maxi Priest,
Prince, Eric B and Rakim, W.A.S.P and Barry White.
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Archive Issue -
2nd December 1987
Cover - Wet Wet Wet
Posters - Pet Shop Boys, Madonna, Clark Datchler, The Housemartins, Pepsi and Shirlie and Rick Astley.
Lyrics - Michael Jackson, Shakin' Stevens, Five Star, Alison Moyet, Blue Mercedes, The Proclaimers, Madonna, The Bee Gees,
Luther Vandross, Public Enemy, Wet Wet Wet,
Level 42, Pet Shop Boys and Rick Astley.
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Archive Issue -
16th December 1987
Cover - Rick Astley and Phillip Schofield
Posters - Michael Jackson and Madonna.
Lyrics - Rick Astley, The Hooters, Paul McCartney, The Pogues with Kirtsy McColl, The Alarm, Jellybean with Elisa Fiorillo, The Tams, Cutting Crew and Mel And Kim.
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Archive Issue -
30th December 1987
Cover - Madonna
Posters - Tiffany, Madonna 8 Page Special and Depeche Mode.
Lyrics - Eurythmics, The Smiths, Sinitta, U2, Simply Red, Rick Astley, New Order, Belinda Carlisle,
Wally Jump Jnr And The Criminal Element and
Kiss.
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Archive Issue -
Sticker Book 1987
Info - Smash Hits produced a Sticker Book that was given away free in the 11th - 24th March 1987 issue.
The same issue also came with a free set of 5 stickers to start the readers into collecting the stickers required to complete the book.
Each sticker measured approx 4" x 3" in size and came with a peel off sticker with a picture of an artist or band on the front. On the back of each sticker was a short biography of the artist or band on the front.
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Archive Issue -
The Song Words
Info - Now That's What I Call Music, Smash Hits was a compilation album released in 1987. The album is part of the (UK) Now! series, and is a collaboration with Smash Hits magazine. It was conceived, written and designed by the Smash Hits staff, and the liner notes are written in the magazine's offbeat style.
A companion issue of the magazine was given away free in the 23rd September issue of the magazine and featured pictures and lyrics to all of the songs on the album.
Archive Issue -
Year Book 1988
Info - In December 1987 Smash Hits released a Yearbook for 1988. 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 1988 diary.
The whole thing was purchased for the amount of £2.99.
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