"You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" is the debut single by R&B

girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...

High Inergy High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for the hit song, " You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)". History High Inergy started in 1976 when the ...

, released in 1977. The song was written by

Pam Sawyer Pamela Joan Sawyer (born 1938) is a British songwriter/lyricist, who started writing songs in the mid-1960s and whose credits as a co-writer at Motown included " Love Child", " If I Were Your Woman", "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left ...

and Marilyn McLeod and was produced by Kent Washburn and arranged by

Sylvester Rivers Sylvester Rivers (born October 28, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, pianist and producer, based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, he has recorded with numerous major artists including Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson ...

. It was the first single off their debut album, ''

Turnin' On ''Turnin' On'' is the debut album by the group High Inergy High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for the hit song, " You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of ...

''. The song reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Black Singles chart, and No. 12 on the Hot 100 chart in December 1977. The flipside, "Save It for a Rainy Day" was co-written by

James Ingram James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Awards, Academy Award nominee for Academy Award for Best Original ...

References

{{High Inergy 1977 debut singles Songs written by Pam Sawyer 1977 songs Gordy Records singles Songs written by Marilyn McLeod