 Marilyn McLeod began working as a songwriter for the Jobete publishing company at Motown in 1968.She wrote songs with Johnny Bristol before being teamed with lyricist Pam Sawyer, and the pair co-wrote Diana Ross's 1976 hit "Love Hangover", and the High Inergy hit "You Can't Turn Me Off (in the Middle of Turning Me On)" the following year.In 1982, she co-wrote Jermaine Jackson's hit with Devo, "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy", written with Sawyer, Jermaine Jackson, and Paul Jackson, Jr.. As a recording artist, she released some singles under her own name, and fronted the group Pure Magic.