Why are certain songs syncing to my iPhone!?

I have iTunes set to sync a couple if specific playlists (both smart, and static). However, there are a handful of certain songs that keep syncing to my iPhone no matter how many times I delete them. They are not in any of the playslists set to sync. How can I get it to stop doing this?
iPhone 4S, current version of iTunes, current version of iOS and OS X.

By chance did you buy these songs on your iPhone?  If so, they are checked to sync (always) to the iPhone.
If you go to the Music sync are in iTunes, there are playlists, articles and individual songs.  All songs you've purchased on the iPhone are checked in the "songs" box.  You may have to scroll through 15,000 songs to find them.
I've been caught out by this before as well.  It's frustrating ;-)

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