Don't want songs in alphabetical order

I've noticed in my playlists that all of the songs are in alphabetical order, it wasn't like this the last time I was on iTunes. How can I change it?? thanks.

You can change the sort order by clicking in the header row of the various columns. Pelople commonly sort by album or artist. A little black triagle indicates which column is selected.
If you click in the header row at the extreme left, you can sort manually in a playlist by draging songs up or down
There is help on sorting in iTunes help.

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