One Hundred Ways
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| Single by Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram | ||||
| from the album The Dude | ||||
| B-side | "Velas" | |||
| Released | December 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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| Producer(s) | Quincy Jones | |||
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| James Ingram singles chronology | ||||
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"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
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Year-end charts
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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
- ^ 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. 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.
External links
- James Ingram - One Hundred Ways on YouTube (single edit)
- James Ingram - One Hundred Ways on YouTube (LP version)
