One Hundred Ways Explained

One Hundred Ways
Cover:	One Hundred Ways by Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram
Album:	The Dude
B-Side:	Velas
Released:	December 1981
Recorded:	1981
Length:	4:19
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Quincy Jones
Chronology:	Quincy Jones
Prev Title:	Razzamatazz
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me
Next Year:	1981

"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]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

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 and 2001's Special Herbs, Vol. 1 respectively.

External links

(single edit)
(LP version)

Notes and References

Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 115.
Web site: Item: 7520 - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013 . 2016-10-23.
Web site: The Power of Great Music . Aln2.albumlinernotes.com . 2016-10-23.
Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013 . 2016-10-23.
Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 307.
Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 115.
Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982 . Musicoutfitters.com . 2016-10-23.