One Hundred Ways

"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] Ingram received the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the song.^[4]

"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
Songwriters	Kathy Wakefield Benjamin Wright Tony Coleman
Producer	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)

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.