Changes in song order

A couple of weeks ago, iTunes began to arbitrarily change the order of songs on some of my albums. It didn't happen to all of them, just a seemingly random selection. Any siggestions on why, and how to fix it?
Thanks

I've noticed that the song order has changed for everything. The numbers used to be first on the list - now they're at the bottom. Same as anything beginning with the word "A". It's now listed in the same letter area as the next word i.e. A Little Respect comes under "L". How stupid is that? Can someone at Apple please put it back the way it was. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!!

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