Iphone 5s refuses to play purchased songs

Since syncing my Iphone 5s to my computer (Lenovo ideapad), my iphone won't play my purchased songs. Before I had synced my phone, I was just playing my purchased material from the iCloud backup of my old 4s. (My computer's screen was being repaired when I bought the 5s). As soon as I synced my phone to my laptop the problems began. If I click on a purchased song (or come across one on shuffle) it simply skips ahead until it finds a song I song I burned from a CD. I have to click the back button and basically force it to play the song. I'm frustrated and have no idea how to fix it. Can anyone help?
Some key points/things I've tried:
-All of my purchases are in my itunes library on my computer and the computer plays them fine.
-I tried transferring all purchases just in case. It only transfeered the new apps on my phone.
-Show all Music is turned off on my phone
-I don't have itunes Match
-None of the purchases are hidden.
-The itunes app on my phone says they are all downloaded to the phone, not on the cloud
-Sometimes there will be a little gray, dotted circle next to some songs under the On this Phone tab, but that seems to have gone away for the moment. (Maybe as a result of shutting off show all music?)
-I have 3GB of free space, so its not a storage issue

Yeah, what i've found is that it's only songs that i've brought on my iPhone through iTunes.

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