Ipod constantly pauses itself: earphones problem?

it is really annoying when my ipod keeps on pausing itself when playing songs, when i only slightly move my headphones. i've dealt with this before, and usually, when the plug is gold, my ipod never paused.
however, i have two headphones that are both gold-plated at the plug-in place, and yet when i move around, the ipod still pauses.
i remember reading somewhere that taping a part of the metal of the ipod or the plug-in part of the headphons does the trick...
anyone know how i can fix this?!!

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