IPod classic, songs skipping halfway through or at beginning.

Certain songs will be skipped, halfway through their playback on the iPod, no matter which device I hook it up to, or the song will show up, then be skipped. They play back fine in iTunes, so what can I do to fix this? iPod support won't help because I'm out of my warranty, and they want me to spend $29.99 just to get an answer.

I'll add that the particular songs that skip (at least 50) played just fine before.

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