"You Can't Turn Me Off" is a 1977 single by girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 High Inergy

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 their hit, "You Can't Turn Me Off ".-History:...

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

Turnin' On

Turnin' On was the first and most successful album by the group High Inergy. It was released on Motown's Gordy label in 1977.The album was mostly produced by Kent Washburn, who produced all but three songs from album...

. The song reached #2 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 Black Singles chart, and #12 on the Pop Singles chart in 1978.

The song was written by Pam Sawyer

Pam Sawyer

Pamela Sawyer, an American-based songwriter from Romford, East London.Sawyer worked with artists at Motown Records from 1967 to 1977. Before Motown she had been involved in hit records for the Young Rascals and Lulu, and wrote with Lori Burton with whom she also recorded as the Whyte Boots.Sawyer...

 and Marilyn McLeod. It was produced by Kent Washburn and arranged by Sylvester Rivers. The flipside

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

, "Save It for a Rainy Day" was co-written by James Ingram

James Ingram

James Ingram is an American soul musician. He is best known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards...

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