Never_Knew_I_Needed
Never Knew I Needed
2008 single by Ne-Yo
"Never Knew I Needed" is a song written and performed by American R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo for the 2009 Walt Disney Animation Studios film The Princess and the Frog. Produced by Ne-Yo's frequent collaborator Chuck Harmony, it is heard during the end credits of the film and is also the first single from the film's original soundtrack. 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. The song reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[2] The song also has an official remix that features Cassandra Steen. The song is an R&B ballad that features a drum machine, a piano and a synthesizer in the chorus.