Add one song to iPhone 4

For some reason the new itunes isn't allowing me to add just one song to my iPhone library. I created a new playlist on my phone and don't want to choose the 'Sync Music' option (under Music heading when iPhone page is being viewed) because it tells me it will remove everything from my phone and replace with itunes library (thus, erasing the playlist I just created - 50 songs deep).
Looking forward to some help!

You can either manually manage or sync. If you switch from one to the other, it will erase the current content.
If you are manually managing, then drag it to the iphone.
If you are syncing, then select it to sync ( allong with all other content you want on the iphone) and sync.

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