Ipod freezes with certain songs

I don't know what in the world is going on with my ipod but right now it's freezing up when I want it to play certain songs no matter what I do. It functions well otherwise except for this small dilemma. Does anyone have any tips on how to fix this?

Possibly this?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304490

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