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"One Hundred Ways"
"One Hundred Ways"
Single by Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram
from the album The Dude
B-side	"Velas"
Released	December 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	R&B; Soul jazz; quiet storm;
Length	4:19
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Kathy Wakefield; Benjamin Wright; Tony Coleman;
Producer(s)	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones singles chronology
James Ingram singles chronology

"One Hundred Ways" is a 1981 single released from Quincy Jones's album The Dude on A&M Records. The song features James Ingram on vocals. The song reached number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1982.^[1] It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number five in the U.S. and number six in Canada.^[2]^[3] "One Hundred Ways" received the 1982 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance.^[4]

Personnel

James Ingram – lead vocal
Steve Lukather – guitar
Greg Phillinganes – electric piano, synthesizer solo
Ian Underwood – synthesizer, synthesizer programming
Louis Johnson – bass guitar
John Robinson – drums
Jerry Hey – horn arrangement, trumpet
Chuck Findley – trumpet
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone, flute
Ernie Watts – saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone solo fills
Johnny Mandel – string arrangement, synthesizer arrangement
Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
Quincy Jones – vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangement

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82)	Peak position
Canada RPM 100 Top Singles^[5]	43
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary ^[3]	6
US Billboard Hot 100^[1]	14
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles^[6]	10
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[7]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[8]	61

Samples

The song was sampled in rapper MF DOOM's popular song "Rhymes Like Dimes" (and its instrumental re-release, "Monosodium Glutamate") on 1999's Operation: Doomsday and 2001's Special Herbs, Vol. 1 respectively.

References

^ ^a ^b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 115.
^ ^a ^b "Item: 7520 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
^ "The Power of Great Music". Aln2.albumlinernotes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 307.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 115.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

External links

James Ingram - One Hundred Ways on YouTube (single edit)
James Ingram - One Hundred Ways on YouTube (LP version)

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[autogenerated1955-1] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[2] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 115.

[bac-lac.gc.ca-3] "Item: 7520 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

[4] "The Power of Great Music". Aln2.albumlinernotes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

[5] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

[6] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 307.

[7] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 115.

[8] "Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

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