March 15 - 28, 1984

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Cover: Paul Young
Centrespread: Thompson Twins
Back cover: Carmel
Interviews: Paul Young; Sade; Van Halen; Fiat Lux; Holly Johnson; Kajagoogoo; Bourgie Bourgie; Bananarama; Depeche Mode
Lyrics: Robert De Niro's Waiting - Bananarama; A Love Worth Waiting For - Shakin' Stevens; Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) - Icicle Works; P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson; To Be Or Not To Be (Hitler Rap) Part I - Mel Brooks; Swimming Horses - Siouxsie & The Banshees; Your Love Is King - Sade; Yah Mo B There - James Ingram; More More More - Carmel; People Are People - Depeche Mode; It's Raining Men - Weather Girls; Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba) - Julia And Company; Fraggle Rock - The Fraggles; 'Ullo John Got A New Motor - Alexei Sayle; Hello - Lionel Richie; Ghost Of Love - Fiction Factory
Start: personal file - Nena; Peter Powell, Simon Bates and Tony Blackburn dress up as Boy George, Gary Glitter and Tracey Ullman; Pyramid Lids, Tommy Boy Records;  
Bitz: Nelson Mandela, The Special AKA; Gary Byrd, Sweet Inspirations, "The Crown"; Gloria Gaynor, "Strive"; Jeffrey Daniel, Starlight Express, "Give My Regards To Broad Street", Paul McCartney; Madness, Lee Thompson marries Deborah Fordham; Gang Of Four split up; The World's Famous Supreme Team, Justice, Divine, Malcolm McLaren; Billy Bragg, Style Council, Questions; Nena, "Just A Dream"; Grammy Awards: Boy George, Culture Club, Michael Jackson, The Police, Duran Duran, Brooke Shields, Annie Lennox; Con McConville, It's Immaterial, "White Man's Hat"; The Fall, "Perverted By Language Bis"; Howard Jones; Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Relax", 930,000 copies sold; The Cure, Phil Thornally; "Michael Jackson's Thriller"; Steve Levine, "Believin' It All", Boy George, David Grant, Rita Marley; Noddy Holder: Slade's Five Most Disastrous Gigs
Single reviews (Peter Martin): Dr Mabuse - Propaganda; People Are People - Depeche Mode; PYT (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson; Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds; Hello - Lionel Richie; Lucky Star - Madonna; The Whodini Electro EP - Whodini; AC/DC - Jeffrey Daniel; A Love Worth Waiting For - Shakin' Stevens; The Greatness And Perfection Of Love - Julian Cope; Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) / In The Cauldron Of Love - Icicle Works; Souls On Fire - Tracie; What You've Been Through Is Love (Scream Like A Swift) - Che; Confusion - Zee; Why Don't We Spend The Night - Joe Fagan; Nelson Mandela - The Special AKA; That's The Way (I Like It) - Dead Or Alive; The Deceiver - The Alarm; Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Album reviews (Peter Martin / Neil Tennant / Ian Birch / Kimberley Leston / Johnny Black / Lisa Anthony / Linda Duff / Ian Cranna / Lola Borg): Cafe Bleu - Style Council; This Last Night In Sodom - Soft Cell; Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell; Nena - Nena; Swoon - Prefab Sprout; I Am Gloria Gaynor; The Drum Is Everything - Carmel; Points Of The Curve - Wang Chung; Fugazi - Marillion; Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex; I Don't Speak The Language - Matthew Wilder
Nights Out: Thomas Dolby; Genesis; Dead Or Alive