How do I play just 1 song on the iPhone / Making Playlists on iPhone?

Is it possible to just pick 1 song and play that and nothing after it? It always wants to play another song after the one I choose.
Also - What is the 'On the go' playlist for and does it sync to iTunes?
Lastly - Is it possible to make playlists on the iPhone or do these need to be made in iTunes and then synced?
-Frankie

Like Glor says is how to set it to play one song and then end playback. Add that one song to the on the go playlist, and then play the playlist.
This is because it appears that the phone refers to each song as part of a larger group. It's not <songname>, it is <playlist>-<songname>. Even the master list groups songs under a group heading, kind of like a First Name Last Name setup. I figure it's to keep a song named Blue easily separate from a phone contact named Blue, and both of those separate from an application also named Blue. They would be called App Blue, Song Blue and Contact Blue. Just my offhand supposition.
As for making playlists on the phone... You can only add songs to the On The Go list, all of the others are unable to be edited. However, if you add songs to On The Go, the next time you sync that playlist is copied to iTunes and renamed "On The Go 1". And then the original On The Go is reset to empty - ready for you to monkey around with it at will.
So, I add "Blue" to On The Go on the phone.
Then I sync.
"On The Go 1" appears in iTunes and on the phone. It only contains the song "Blue"
The phone's On The Go is reset to empty.
So now I have a playlist "On The Go" that I can add songs to with the phone, and another playlist called "On The Go 1" that I can only edit on iTunes.

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Ideally I would not like to reset my iPad, as I don't want to lose all my app data and that kind of thing--anybody know an easy way just to wipe all song media from the iPad? Thanks!

Hello valsaladevi,
Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
You can use these steps to delete songs from the Music app on your iPad:
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Tap the Music app.
Tap the Songs category.
Swipe left over the song you want to delete.
Tap Delete.
From:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store - Apple Support
Best Regards,
Jeremy

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I hate to say it (as a decades-long Mac addict) but iTunes is becoming less and less a worthy organizing tool/database and more and more just a sales tool/gimmick.

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how do i uncheck multiple songs at the same time in my library?

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A lot of my music is on an external Hard Drive, currently "H" drive. When I try to play a song in the Library in Itunes I get the message that it can't find the music. Info says it's in a different location "G" Drive. But it's not. it's in "H" Drive. How do I tell it where to go?

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Before I run out and buy a NAS I want to be certain. I also would like to convert my DVD library in the future and put it on the network available to an AppleTV or other UpNp media player in the future, because I love having power at my finger tips.

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