HELP! My ipod won't work at all

My ipod hasn't worked for two days now. I've tried everything! My computer doesn't recognize it and whenever I try to turn it on it just says "very low battery please wait" and after a while it just shows the apple logo.

Try this.
iPod battery doesn't charge.
Sometimes if the battery gets completely discharged, simply connecting to a USB port on the computer doesn't supply enough power to "kick start" the charging process. In theory it should do, but yours seems to be a common problem.
Do you have access to a wall charger?

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