IPod stays on Pause ... Lower Battery Life?

Hey, We have an iPhone 3G and were wondering about the iPod part.
When we stop the music from playing we pause the song and navigate to the homepage. I notice though, whenever I pull out / put in my headphones the iPod feature opens and plays my last song. Or whenever we click iPod it plays my last song. Is the song thats staying on pause lowering my battery life? Or no?

Bump!
has anyone had this prob? Please help me. Or where can I call or send it to and have it fixed.

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