How can I download a song (that I jsut purchased) without losing all my other songs?

I just purchased a song this morning from iTunes, and I want to download it into my ipod nano without losing all my other songs. But if I go to hit sync on computer I will lose all my other songs that I have and just have the ones that are currently in my itunes. I just want to add a new song without losing all my other songs. Is there a way I can do this?

Select the iPod in iTunes.  Go to the iPod's Summary tab.  Check the box for Manually manage music.  When you Apply this change, you will no longer be using automatic syncing.  To load songs on the iPod, you drag songs from the iTunes library to the iPod.
But telling you this is odd, because if you already have songs on the iPod that are not in your iTunes library, you must already be using Manually manage music.
Also, you'll need to remember to eject the iPod (using the button next the iPod in iTunes) before you physically disconnect it.

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