IMovie insertion of music won't play audio

I am trying to insert music into my imovie project and I can't hear the audio. All the other tracts that I inserted are playing fine but not this one. Any other songs
I try to insert won't pay either? I checked to see if things were muted but it doesn't seem like they are. Any ideas?

Altered from original solution from Emily P:
Okay, mine now works here is what I did.
plug in the iPhone, iPad etc
in iTunes select the phone or iPad
Under Summary uncheck "Sync with this....."
Under "Music" uncheck the "Sync Music"
Sync
Let it remove all the songs, dont worry it will come back no problems.
Once that is all done all the music on the phone or ipad should be gone.
Now check them both back on, sync, and everything should copy back onto it.
Working now !!!!!

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