La Folie (formerly known as Julia Can Testify) is a formerly unidentified funk/disco song by Austrian musicians Marc Liberman and Peter Paul, released in 1984 along with an instrumental version.
Search History
The song was posted to YouTube on September 11th, 2018, by user Benny P. It was from the 1980s and it came from a cassette tape recorded in 1984 by their father.
Over time, the song was reuploaded to YouTube by multiple users, such as Eccote, Q, MistaEgg, and multiple others, amassing over 3k views.
On March 16th, 2023, three days after Q's reuploaded, the OP listed the other songs on the tape after user Kurty asked him if he remembered them, the songs were:
"As far as I can remember, the following songs were also on the cassette: SOS Band - Just be good to me, Kool and the Gang - Big fun, O'Bryan - Lovelite, Switch - Switch it Baby, Break Machine - Street dance, Limahl - Too much trouble, The Stranglers - Strange little girl, Laura Branigan - Self control, Fun Fun - Happy station. And probably a few others that I can't remember."[1]
On the same day, the OP responded to a comment that asked if they could post a higher quality version of the song, and they said they no longer had the opportunity to play cassettes.[2]
On June 3rd, 2023, song was identified by Discord user Randolurker as La Folie by Marc Liberman and Peter Paul.
Presumed lyrics
Laissez-vous séduire ce soir
Nous allons divaguer tous ensemble
Vague de folie, n'est-ce pas ?
A présent, (?)
Sweet Caroline, everything is fine
No trouble at all
She's a real friend
Somebody hold my hand
Incase I stumble and fall
And she says whatcha ever gonna do?
I'm crazy 'bout you
Yes
I called [you get me]
To get tough
Immediately take off your [?]
Bang bang bang [???]
Free your mind instead
Julie I can testify
Nous devons passer (?)
You need love and so do I
Une nuit douce ? Peut-être.
Une nuit d'amour ? Ah oui ? Tu crois ?
Oui, je veux, je veux complétement !
Oh oh
Oh la la, tu me fais mal en me prenant la main
My [telephone] is real
You're just one in a million
Certainly it's you
Je t'emmène avec moi
Viens jouer dans le soir
Avec ton sourire, ta paire (?)
Whatcha ever gonna do?
Tu es complétement fou !
Mais faut pas le dire, (?)
[???] used to run around
And seems like we have just began
Fool around and start me up
I can't cool down and that's too [?]
Please don't you tease me this way
I won't surrender myself to you
And she says, "gee, I told you, you're a fool if you take it [?]"
Julie I can testify
You need love and so do I
Whatcha ever gonna do?
Whatcha ever gonna do to me?
Whatcha ever gonna do?
Tu es complétement fou !
Moi, ça va ? Enfin, je crois
Et toi ?
Ah je dois parler ?
(?)
Oui, un soir, je te lirai un poème
Peut-être Apollinaire, je n'sais pas
Toi, si je te rencontre dans la rue
Un jour, comme ça, par hasard
Je te dirai peut-être "je t'aime"
Peut-être "je te hais", enfin je n'sais pas
Mais enfin tout ça c'est complétement fou
On l'a déjà dit, hein ? Hein, Peter ?
C'est fou ! Tout ça c'est fou !
Mais enfin, tous les amis ?
(?)
Marc Liberman and Peter Paul
Marc Liberman and Peter Paul were funk and disco musicians from Austria.
Peter was in the band Boxer, and in 1978 they released their first single, Superchamp / Life Is Just A Movie, with two songs.
- Superchamp
- Life Is Just A Movie
In 1978, Boxer released their second and final single, Oh Pretty Babe, with two songs.
- Oh Pretty Babe
- You Should Know
Marc was the guitarist in the band Citizen Band. Who released one single in 1979, In The City / Lost Forever, with two songs.
In 1979, Boxer's song Superchamp was featured on the compilation album Österreichische Sporthilfe.
In 1981, Peter released his first and only album, Should I Go.
In 1982, Marc released his first single, Love Is All / Magical Love, with two songs.
In 1983, they released their first single, You’re Like A Falafel / Tell Me Why, with two songs.
- You’re Like A Falafel
- Tell Me Why (not to be confused with the unknown song of the same name)
In 1984, they released this song.
In 1985, they released their third and final single, Beautiful, which included a remix of it.
In 1988, Peter was apart of the band The Golden Fifties, who released one single, Sympathy For The Devil / Brown Sugar, with two songs.
- Sympathy For The Devil
- Brown Sugar
In 1992, Marc released a single with Karl Ratzer, Peter Ponger, and Robert Ponger, Under Mango Trees, with two songs.
- Under Mango Trees
- Under Mango Trees (Extended Verison)
Neither of them seem to be active today.
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