"One Hundred Ways" is a single by Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram, written by Tony Coleman, Kathy Wakefield and Benjamin Wright. Jones produced the track and arranged the vocal and rhythm parts, and Ingram sings the lead. It was released in December 1981 by A&M Records, taken from the album The Dude, and was recorded in 1981, with some sources dating the original recording to March of that year. The track is in the key of E-flat and runs 4:19. Its personnel include Steve Lukather, Greg Phillinganes, Louis Johnson, John Robinson, Jerry Hey, Ernie Watts and Johnny Mandel. The single's B-side is "Velas". It is classed as R&B, soul jazz and quiet storm. In 1982 it reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart, number 10 on Hot Soul Singles and number 43 on Canada's RPM 100. Ingram won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the recording. MF Doom sampled it in "Rhymes Like Dimes" (1999), and covers have been recorded by The Harvard Krokodiloes, David Sanborn and Jack McDuff.
