IPod Used space differs from space used in iTunes

The total capacity for my 20GB iPod color is about 18.5 GB
My songs in iTunes take up 8.33 GB, according to the info at the bottom of the iTunes window. But when clicking on iPod on the left under "source," the iPod info reads that i have 8.49 GB used. Now here's the thing. I have no podcasts. No photos. No items on the hard drive. Nothing else but music. AND, I have about 30 songs on iTunes that are unchecked so that they are not updated into the iPod.
So shouldn't my Used space on the iPod be LESS than the amount of music I have in iTunes? Why is it more?
Any ideas?

This may be the problem.
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