“Santé” by Stromae

"Santé" is a toast to the people who keep working while everyone else celebrates. Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae put it out on Polydor in October 2021, ahead of his album Multitude, and the title plays on the word the French raise their glasses with, which literally means "health". The song salutes the ones nobody notices, the catering and cleaning staff, caregivers, fishermen, drivers and flight attendants who keep everything running.

Stromae wrote the words and produced it with Moon Willis, who shares the music credit with him and Juanpaio Toch; Toch also plays the charango that gives the electronic cumbia groove its bright pluck. Lionel Capouillez mixed it. The video, directed by Jaroslav Moravec and Stromae's brother Luc Van Haver, has cooks, fishermen and waitresses breaking from the grind to dance.

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