I bought and downloaded a song and now it wont work, what happened?

I bought and downloaded a couple a songs on Itune. Now when I try and play the song it wont work. Itunes and the computer both say they cannot locate the song. what do i do? what happened?

If iTunes cannot find the file, that usually means that the file, or its containing folder, has been moved, renamed, or deleted.  If you can figure out what happened, put it back the way it was.  If necessary, use Windows to search for the file.
If the song file no longer exists on your system, download a fresh copy from the iCloud.

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