Can't reorder songs in some playlists

I want to reorder the songs in one of my playlists. When I try to drag a song to a new location a blue line appears around the whole playlist and the black bar that usually tells you where the song will drop does not appear. This only happens in some of my playlists. In others I can drag and drop songs to reorder them just fine. What am I doing wrong?

Make sure that shuffle (the crossing arrows at the lower left) is turned off and that the little triangle is above the first column (the column of numbers). If the triangle is above any other column, the list will stay sorted by that column, and you will not be able to move tracks.

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