How do I move a song?

I want to shift a song that is in a wrong order/position in my iTunes library.
I tried clicking and holding on the song to move it (say, down 2 spaces) but it doesn't work.
Message was edited by: hosaye

First of all, if you are trying to drag songs from one position to another, that can only be done in a playlist. You can't do that in the iTunes Library list view, all you can do in there is re-order the songs by clicking at the top of any column (by artist, track number, album etc.) If the songs are in a playlist open iTunes then click on the playlist. Click at the top of the number column (extreme left) to highlight the header. Click on the song you want to move and drag it to where you want it to be. Make sure neither Shuffle or Repeat are switched on in the playlist, either of those can prevent you reordering tracks.

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