Album art window doesn't follow selection

In the Windows version of iTunes, the Album Art window is updated simply by selecting another song by clicking or using the arrow keys, without neccesarily changing the currently playing song.
In the Mac version of iTunes, it seems that you have to actually play the song to get its art to show in the Album Art window. Any idea why or how to make it work like the Windows version?
thanks!

when in iTunes look at the box that displays the artwork for the songs. At the top of that box you will probably see something that says Song Playing. To the left of that you should see a small arrow inside of a circle. Click on that arrow and the album artwork ox will switch to the displaying the selected song, instead of the one that is playing.
I hope this helps...
-Stephen

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