Fixing ID3 tags for mac

Hey All,
Does anyone know of software that will scan the Itunes library and fix any corrupted ID3 tags?
About 20% of my songs (and growing) wont import or add to Itunes. I suspect it is because of corrupt Id3 tags???
Anyone else found a solution to this?

Well thats not going to be corrupted id3 tags, I dont' think the finder even reads id3 tags, so if they are not playable from there, they either have had their file extension changed to an incorrect extension, or they are most likely damaged files. In the get info window for one of the files in the finder, open up the name and extension category. What is the extension at the end of the file <nameoffile>.whatishere? Do the file icons show that they are still associated with itunes (have a little itunes music note on the file icon)?

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