Itunes cuts all my song names down

Can anyone tell me why or offer me a soloution to why whenever i add songs to itunes over a certain character length (36 chracters i think) It automatically shortens it down.
This really is a royal pain in the arse as i have an extensive dance music collection, most of which being remixes and every time it does this i have to go and find the full name and keep renaming them.
Can anyone help?
Cheers.

Subzero,
I'm guessing your problem may not be a limit iTunes imposes on the length of Song Names or any other entries but rather how much of that information it is actually displaying.
And the good news for you is that you can adjust the width of the various columns in the iTunes Library display.
To do so, position your cursor over the divide between two column headings and drag the divider to the right or left. This will make the column wider or narrower as the case may be.
By expanding the Name column it will display more information, as much as you deem necessary.

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