"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.Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number five in the U.S. and number six in Canada. Ingram received the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the song.
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) Peakposition Canada RPM 100 Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Hot Soul Singles US Billboard Adult Contemporary
Year-end charts Chart (1982)RankU.S. Billboard Hot 100 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
External links (single edit) (LP version)