Artist: Olivia Dean
Album: The Art of Loving
Released: August 15, 2025
Genre: Pop, R&B, Gospel
Language: English
Length: 3:04
Label: Capitol
SongWriter(s): Olivia Dean, Tobias Jesso Jr., Zach Nahome
Producer: Zach Nahome
About the song: "Man I Need"
"Man I Need" is a song by English singer-songwriter Olivia Dean, released on August 15, 2025 as the third single from her second album, The Art of Loving. She wrote it with Tobias Jesso Jr. and Zach Nahome, who also produced it.
Dean has described it as a song about knowing how you deserve to be loved and not being afraid to ask for it, and said it was made for dancing. Its upbeat sound blends pop, R&B and gospel, and critics compared it to classic records by Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.
Chart success
"Man I Need" became Dean's first number one in the UK and reached number one in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. In the United States it was her first chart entry and climbed to number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Global 200. It also topped Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2025 and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2026 Brit Awards.
The music video
The music video was directed by Jake Erland. It is set on a studio lot where the scenery rotates around Dean as different potential partners pass by. It has passed 126 million views on YouTube.
More music videos
Watch more Olivia Dean music videos or browse the biggest songs of 2026 on Watch YouTube Music Videos.
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