One Hundred Ways

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

Personnel

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

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

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.

^ ^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. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. 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.

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Albums	It's Your Night Never Felt So Good It's Real Always You Stand (In the Light)
Singles	"Just Once" "One Hundred Ways" "Baby, Come to Me" "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" "Yah Mo B There" "What About Me?" "Always" "Somewhere Out There" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man" "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" "I Don't Have the Heart"
Related articles	Phillip Ingram (brother)