Delay start time of song

I have a track in itunes that I want to delay the start of. I would like to start it 18 seconds in to avoid the intro, every time it plays as part of a playlist or otherwise.
I went to Info and checked the box that says Start Time and I made it :19.
But when I play the song, it plays it from the beginning anyway. What's up with that?
I am using version 10.6.3.25 because I want to keep the Cover Flow option and the program works fine for me. (Increasingly I find that new versions of programs just add crap I don't want or need and take away features I like).
Thanks for your help resolving this issue.

Well, thanks for all the replies but I figured it out for myself.
Actually the setting of in and out points in Options in itunes apparently does not work for some long mp3's, or at least doesn't work correctly.
I had to mess around with it to get it to work, putting in different values for seconds and minutes than what logic would dictate. I got it to work, though not at the exact in and out times I wanted.
Thanks again for all the help!

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