Can't add to or rearrange songs in play lists

Suddenly, iTunes decided not to work like it usually does. I can no longer drag songs into play lists and can't rearrange songs already in lists. Shuffle is not on, repeat is not on. I have the songs arranged by the order I originally added them, not artist or album, so I can't figure out what the problem is. I haven't downloaded anything new or done something different... it just stopped working right.

I have the same problem, but just with one set of songs. I had to reformat my computer a while back and after I reloaded and updated ITunes, none of the songs by one group would add to ITunes. I tried everything, but they won't add. They were working fine before I reformatted. There's about 79 songs, too. Everything else added fine so it doesn't make any sense to me. I have them saved on a DVD, but you can import into ITunes from a DVD. Is there a previous version of ITunes that's better than this newest one that I could try? Or if somneone has ANY suggestions. I'm beyond frustrated. I wish I could use Winamp with my IPod.

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