The ABC of ABC appeared in Issue 22 as Martin Fry went through the alphabet. Liked his U for Underwear. ‘I like pink silk or coffee lace underwear. For girls I mean, not for me! My underwear isn’t very special. I don’t go in for leopard-skin G-strings’

Writer Debbie Hawes told Bananarama they were sexy in issue 21. ‘We are not sexy!’ said Sarah. Siobhan agreed. ‘We don’t flaunt our bodies, we don’t wear sexy clothes, and we don’t get on like sexy women do. We are not glamorous. We are not women, we are girls.’

Mick Wall asked Blancmange’s Neil Arthur if it was true that having a hit single, in their case Living On The Ceiling, improved their pulling power. ‘Er, yeah. We’re hoping to pull much bigger crowds. No, I won’t answer that question. I’ve got a steady girlfriend thank you very much.’