"Never Miss the Water" is a recording written by Gerry DeVeaux and Charlie Mole, and performed by American singer Chaka Khan in 1995. It features vocals by Meshell Ndegeocello and had previously been unreleased. The song was included in Khan's 1996 greatest hits album Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 and went to number 36 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. On the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, "Never Miss the Water" was Chaka Khan's sixth number-one single, and was her last until she again reached the summit with "Disrespectful" in 2007.