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
"Razzamatazz" (1981) "One Hundred Ways" (1981) "Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me" (1981)
James Ingram singles chronology
"Just Once" (1981) "One Hundred Ways" (1981) "Baby, Come to Me" (1982)

"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

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.
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.

External links

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