I bought a new song and the song won't play in itunes

here's the thing: I'm trying to desperately finish my homework and I need to download a song so the teacher can play it in class. So all the songs on my nano aren't good. Don't get me wrong, I'm not new and I love iTunes! The problem is is that I bought and downloaded the song, and it won't play from the iTunes. I tried to play it out of purchased songs, and that didn't work. So I tried to listen to it out of my library, and that didn't work either. Please Help!!!!!!!

You really needed to post this in the Nano forum. Make sure all of your software (iTunes/Quicktime) is up to date. You didn't post the type of computer you have or the OS so I can't help there.
Also, start iTunes, go to the Store menu on top, and Deauthorize your computer. After you do this, try to play the song on your computer. When prompted enter your Apple ID and password. Resync the song to your iPod.

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I've attached the song to the first email sent to myself. Maybe if you could look at how it's encoded or something to help figure this out.
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