SMASH HITS MAGAZINE REVISITED
YEAR OF 1986
Below you can revisit Smash Hits Magazine from 1986 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 -
1st January 1986
Cover - Various
Posters - Sting, Pet Shop Boys and D.C. Lee.
Lyrics - Sting, Sophia George, Amazulu, Cameo, Starship and Bruce Springsteen.
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Archive Issue -
15th January 1986
Cover - Bono/Maire Brennan
Posters - Eurythmics, Wham and Drum Theatre.
Lyrics - Eurythmics, Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal, Full Force, Arcadia, Aretha Franklin, Lloyd Cole And The Commotions, Fine Young Cannibals, King and Feargle Sharkey.
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Archive Issue -
29th January 1986
Cover - The Alarm
Posters - Grace Jones, Madonna and Paul Young.
Lyrics - Grace Jones, Simple Minds, Madness,
Dire Straits, Steve Harley and Sarah Brightman, Five Star, Mr Mister, Madonna, Talk Talk and The Alarm.
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Archive Issue -
12th February 1986
Cover - John Lydon
Posters - Charlie Sexton, John Taylor, Neville and Bryan Adams.
Lyrics - Rochelle, Talking Heads, Shakin Stevens,
Ruby Turner, Kurtis Blow,
Ozzy Osbourne, James Brown, Double, PIL,
Clannad featuring Bono, Billy Ocean and
Whitney Houston,
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Archive Issue -
26th February 1986
Cover - Pet Shop Boys
Posters - Jim Kerr, Midge Ure, John Taylor and Michael J Fox.
Lyrics - Matt Bianco, Depeche Mode, Alexander O'Neal, The Bangles, Audrey Hall, Latin Quarter, Mr Mister, Survivor, Su Pollard, Paul Hardcastle, The Damned, Bryan Adams, Midge Ure and Diana Ross.
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Archive Issue -
12th March 1986
Cover - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Posters - 2 Brave, D.C. Lee, Cliff Richard And The Young Ones, A Ha and David Bowie.
Lyrics - Cliff Richard And The Young Ones, Howard Jones, Whistle, A-Ha, Mike And The Mechanics, Jim Diamond, Tavares, Culture Club, Kate Bush, Prince And The Revolution, Pet Shop Boys, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Blow Monkeys and David Bowie.
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Archive Issue -
26th March 1986
Cover - Patsy Kensit
Posters - Whitney Houston, Culture Club, George Michael and Billy Idol.
Lyrics - Big Country, The Rolling Stones, John Taylor, Queen, Talk Talk, The Real Thing, The Pogues, ELO, Freddie Jackson, Feargal Sharkey, George Michael and Hipsway.
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Archive Issue -
9th April 1986
Cover - The Bangles
Posters - Go West, Madonna and The Young Ones / Cliff Richard.
Lyrics - Madonna, New Order, Whitney Houston,
Bronski Beat, Atlantic Star, Simple Minds, Falco, Tippa Irie, The Style Council,
Sam Cooke, The Bangles and Samantha Fox.
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Archive Issue -
23rd April 1986
Cover - Five Star
Posters - Simon Le Bon, A Ha, Mark King and Big Country.
Lyrics - Five Star, Bryan Ferry, It's Immaterial, Suzanne Vega, Janet Jackson, Fine Young Cannibals, Billy Ocean, Level 42, Big Audio Dynamite and Stevie Wonder.
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Archive Issue -
7th May 1986
Cover - Robert Smith
Posters - John Taylor, David Bowie, Five Star, Depeche Mode and Prince.
Lyrics - Princess,
Marvin Gaye, Gary Numan,
The Grange Hill Cast,
Peter Gabriel, Patti La Belle and Michael McDonald,
Van Halen, Joyce Sims, Depeche Mode, Aurra, The SOS Band, Stars, The Cure and The Dire Straits.
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Archive Issue -
21st May 1986
Cover - Madonna
Posters - A-Ha, Sade, Pete Wylie, Ian McCulloch and The Bangles.
Lyrics - We've Got A Fuzzbox, Chas 'N' Dave, Pete Wylie, ZZ Top, Robert Palmer, Spitting Image, B-52's, Statue Quo, Win, Kate Bush, Hipsway, Force MD's and Dr And The Medics.
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Archive Issue -
4th June 1986
Cover - Simply Red
Posters - Pet Shop Boys, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and The Communards.
Lyrics - Pet Shop Boys, Freddie Mercury,
The Real Thing, Culture Club, Nu Shooze,
Jaki Graham, AC/DC, Cash Flow, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, A-Ha, The Smiths,
Rod Stewart , Communards and Simply Red.
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Archive Issue -
18th June 1986
Cover - Wham
Posters - Owen Paul, David Bowie, Morten Harket, Big Country and Midge Ure.
Lyrics - The Housemartins, Falco, Eurythmics,
Queen, Genesis, Lovebug Starski, Wham, David Bowie, Prince, Amazulu, Bananarama, Janet Jackson, Big Audio Dynamite and Suzanne Vega.
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Archive Issue -
2nd July 1986
Cover - UB40
Posters - Jesus And Mary Chain, Big Country, Eurythmics, Jim Kerr, Owen Paul and A Ha.
Lyrics - Big Country,
Bucks Fizz, Owen Paul,
Sly Fox, Claire and Friends,
Haywoode, Furniture,
Gary Numan, The Real Roxanne, Samantha Fox, Midge Ure and Madonna.
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Archive Issue -
16th July 1986
Cover - Jesus and Mary Chain
Posters - Hollywood Beyond, Samantha Fox, Queen and Five Star.
Lyrics - Steve Winwood, Spandau Ballet, UB40, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Cock Robin, Arcadia, Midnight Star, Billy Bragg / Levi Stubbs', Rod Stewart,
Chris De Burgh, Art Of Noise, The Smiths and Princess.
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Archive Issue -
30th July 1986
Cover - Mark Rogers
Posters - Nathan, It Bites, Doctor And The Medics, Beatles, Morten Harkett and Michael Hutchance.
Lyrics - It Bites, Hollywood Beyond, Gwen Guthrie, Robert Palmer,
Katrina And The Waves, Audrey Hall, Five Star, Paul McCartney, Lionel Ritchie, Doctor And The Medics, Sinitta, Status Quo and Stan Ridgway.
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Archive Issue -
13th August 1986
Cover - Human League
Posters - Pete Burns, The Killing Joke, Bananarama, Janet Jackson, Morrissey And George Formby, Prince and Spandau Ballet.
Lyrics - Bruce Hornsby And The Range, Anita Dobson, The Human League, Lulu, Daryl Hall, Tina Turner, Phil Fearon, Janet Jackson, Boris Gardiner, Prince, Depeche Mode, Ozzy Osborne and
The Real Thing.
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Archive Issue -
27th August 1986
Cover - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Posters - Pet Shop Boys, The Cocteau Twins and The Mission.
Lyrics - Genesis, Jermaine Stewart, Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk, Jon Bon Jovi, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Stranglers,
Pete Cetera, Meli'sa Morgan, Modern Talking,
Cameo, The Communards, Killing Joke, Jaki Graham and Patti La Belle.
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Archive Issue -
24th September 1986
Cover - The Money Issue
Posters - Samantha Fox, The Bangles, A-Ha and Nik Kershaw.
Lyrics - Psychedelic Furs, Samantha Fox, Rod Stewart, The The, Haywoode, Run DMC, The Pogues, Cutting Crew, Five Star, Owen Paul, Big Country, The Bangles,
Bucks Fizz, The Eurythmics, Dead Or Alive and Huey Lewis And The News.
Archive Issue -
24th September 1986
Cover - Pet Shop Boys
Posters - Billy Idol, Madonna, OMD, U2 and David Byrne.
Lyrics - Paul Young, Madonna, Howard Jones, Michael McDonald,
Marti Webb, Iron Maiden, Ultravox, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Amazulu, Timex Social Club, Meatloaf, Loose Ends, Billy Idol, Elton John, Chris De Burgh, UB40,
OMD, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Palmer and A-Ha.
Archive Issue -
8th October 1986
Cover - Billy Idol
Posters - Michael Jackson, Paul Young, Madonna and Whitney Houston.
Lyrics - The Big Supreme, It Bites, Hollywood Beyond,
Julian Cope, Falco, Paul Simon, Sharpe and Numan, Status Quo, Midnight Star,
Nik Kershaw, ZZ Top, The Housemartins and New Order.
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Archive Issue -
22nd October 1986
Cover - Howard Jones and Ade Edmonson
Posters - Morrissey, Howard Jones, Prince and Run DMC.
Archive Issue -
5th November 1986
Cover - Bob Geldof
Posters - Nick Kamen, Cyndi Lauper. Jim Kerr, Huey Lewis and Five Star.
Archive Issue -
19th November 1986
Cover - Nick Kamen
Posters - Madness, Debbie Harry, Nick Kamen, David Bowie, Duran Duran, The Pretenders, Kim Wilde, Swing Out Sister, Go West and Janet Jackson.
Lyrics - The Smiths, The Police, The Mission,
Boris Gardiner, Duran Duran, The Pretenders,
The Stranglers, Gwen Gutherie, Big Audio Dynamite, Nick Berry, Prince, Letitia Dean and Paul Medford.
Lyrics - Kate Bush, Spandau Ballet, Berlin,
Bob Geldof, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Cutting Crew, Shakin' Steven's,
Kim Wilde, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince,
Swing Out Sister, Catherine Stock, Mel and Kim, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush.
Lyrics -
Madness, Jaki Graham, New Order, Genesis, Debbie Harry, Grace Jones, Glass Tiger, Red Box, The Human League,
Simple Minds, Tina Turner, Iron Maiden, OMD,
Europe, Erasure, We've Got A Fuzzbox, Five Star, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Nick Kamen and Anita Baker.
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Archive Issue -
3rd December 1986
Cover - Duran Duran
Posters - The Housemartins, Alison Moyet, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Bruce Springsteen, New Order, Madonna, Stuart Adamson and Fuzzbox.
Archive Issue -
17th December 1986
Cover - A-Ha
Posters - A-Ha, Madonna and The Communards.
Archive Issue -
31st December 1986
Cover - The Housemartins
Posters - Style Council, Europe, Nick Kamen and Nick Berry.
Lyrics - The Damned, Alison Moyet, The Communards, Eurythmics, Big Country, A-Ha, Cyndi Lauper, Doctor And The Medics, Cameo, Go West, Bruce Springsteen,
Ultravox and Oran 'Juice' Jones.
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Lyrics - The Housmemartins, Status Quo, The Police, Jackie Wilson, Madonna, Gregory Abbot, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Max Headroom, George Benson, The Stranglers, The Pretenders and Shakin' Stevens.
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Lyrics - Ray Moore, Paul McCartney, Huey Lewis And The News, Elkie Brooks, Nik Kershaw, The Gap Band, Paul Simon and The Bangles.
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Archive Issue -
Sticker Book 1986
Info - Smash Hits produced a Sticker Book that was given away free in the 12th - 25th March 1986 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.
Archive Issue -
Yearbook 1987
Info - In December 1986 Smash Hits released a Yearbook for 1987. The Yearbook featured various artists such as Duran Duran, Madonna, Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, Bob Geldof, The Pet Shop Boys and many more.
The publication also included a month per month 1987 diary.
The whole thing was purchased for the amount of £2.95.
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