IPhone plays part of a song then starts next

So i was listening to a song then all of a sudden it switches to the next song, when it happened to be right in the middle of the song. In iTunes the song has worked perfectly, and on other iPods, but on my iPhone it does this to a variety of songs. WHat i can do is go to the song and seek past the point it skips and itll play, but thats a hassle. Anyways i tested converting the song from mp3 to acc on iTunes, that seemed to fix the problem, however acc files are about 2x larger than mp3s so its hard to manage on an iPhone. Advice?

You're welcome.
I don't know if there is another way to resolve this. All my music imported into iTunes from a music CD was imported using AAC High Quality (128 kbps). I have no problems playing any of this music on my iPhone.
SO acc could be 2x the size depending on the quality.
No - a music file should be smaller in size using AAC - comparing the same song imported using MP3 Good Quality (128 kbps), which is the lowest setting for importing using MP3, to AAC High Quality (128 kbps) which is the lowest setting for importing using AAC.
All music purchased from the iTunes Store which includes DRM protection, is imported using AAC High Quality (128 kbps).
Copied from this link under - Get the best quality compression when importing music.
http://www.apple.com/support/ilife/tutorials/itunes/it1-2.html
+When importing CDs with iTunes, iTunes will save your songs in a near CD quality format known as Advanced Audio Coding (AAC). *AAC is the format of songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store. AAC provides higher quality with smaller file sizes than another popular format known as MP3.*+

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