ITunes freezes, playback continues but interface is unresponsive

I'm running iTunes 10.5.1, but I've been having this problem since 10.5. The interface locks up completely, but playback isn't affected. Whatever I'm listening to plays perfectly. It goes away after a few seconds, but it's pretty frustrating. There doesn't seem to be any particular pattern in terms of songs or what else I'm doing on the computer. It does often happen right at the beginning of a song, while I'm trying to hop about on random. Does anyone else have this issue? Better still, does anyone know what I might try that could help?

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