Audio won't play on iTunes purchases

I have downloaded several songs on itunes in the past few months that don't work--like, when you click the song, no audio comes out OR only the first thirty seconds of the song. The guy at the mac store told me to redownload the files, but itunes won't let you redownload songs you've already got in your library. I deleted one of them, and it still says it's been downloaded. Not sure where to go from here.... any ideas?

You should be able to re download
it iTunes store click on the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right. Navigate to the song you want and click on the cloud to re download.
Maybe delete 1 faulty song and try that first. Remember to empty the trash before downloading the new copy

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