How do I fix song order on album?

I have the latest update on iTunes, 12.1.0.71 64-bit. I am on a PC, running Windows 7 Enterprise.
I was listening to songs on iTunes yesterday on my computer when suddenly the songs on one album went out of order. I have played multiple albums previously with no problems. The order changed right before my eyes. I have tried the following:
1. open and close iTunes
2. open Get Info and ensure the name of the band, album, disc #, and track order are correct, both by comparison and by changing the name and then changing it back to the correct information
When I look at it in Albums or Artists, it gives the songs in order of 2, 1, 3....the remainder of the songs appear to be in order. However, when I look at it under Songs, it shows one song (#2, the one out of place) to listed separately from the rest of the album. It seems iTunes recognizes the name of the album differently. For song #2, it recognizes the album starts with "A" and for the rest of the album, it skips the "A" and goes to "P" (the next word in the album name). I've tried changing the name and changing it back, but it still lists it out of order.
What am I doing wrong?

Generally setting a common Album title and Album Artist will fix things.
For deeper problems see Grouping tracks into albums, in particular see Tried that, there are STILL too many covers! and also check for consistent use of disc numbers.
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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