Cannot download a song showing in iCloud

Previously, on another Mac, I imported a song to my iTunes library, and this was then sent to iTunes in the Cloud, where it shows on my iMac library and other iOS devices.
When I try to download, I receive the following message: "Thhis item cannot be downloaded. The item you have requested is not available for download."
Since I imported this into a library that is shared with iCloud, how can I download this song?

Delete the songs from iTunes and move files to desktop, and then Add to the Library.

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