ITunes Refuses to Add Certain Songs

I've been reluctantly using iTunes ever since I got an iPod and have been having a number of problems. The most recent is that iTunes will simply refuse to add certain songs. My entire 35 gig library is unprotected MP3's and in this case, I have a folder with 23 songs in it. iTunes will only add the same 12 songs no matter what I do. I have tried importing, adding folder, adding file, and dragging the files into my library. No matter what I do, iTunes will not add these songs. This is not an issue with too-long file paths as other songs with deeper paths import fine. What is going on?

If your having multiple problems, you may want to uninstall iTUnes and quicktime http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
Far as the songs not importing, there seems to be alot of post about this, and it usually revolves around corrupt ID3 tags. In short ID3 tags are tags put on MP3s and other file formats that basicly tells a PC and its programs all the info about the song, song name, artist, album and other info. Most people here recommend searching the web for a program called "TidyMP3". This program you can use to "Strip" the tags off songs, then you will import the songs into iTUnes. After importing into iTUnes you can then rightclick the song, select "Get Info" and type the Info back in. This will let iTUnes add a tag back to the song

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