"Never Knew I Needed" is a song written and performed by American R&B singer Ne-Yo for the 2009 Walt Disney Animation Studios film The Princess and the Frog.

The song, released and sent to rhythmic radio in the U.S. by Walt Disney Records and Def Jam Recordings on December 27, 2008,[1] and released as a digital download on January 3, 2009, had an accompanying music video which was in heavy rotation on the Disney Channel.

It starts with Ne-Yo walking through the empty streets fantasizing about a woman as jazz musicians play behind him.

He walks into a restaurant where he works as a waiter the woman / "Princess" character is a beautiful and clearly wealthy customer who is dining with her family.

This is intercut with Ne-Yo overlooking the bayou where a large portion of the Princess and the Frog takes place.