ITunes refuses to play certain songs?

I've had some songs in my iTunes library for quite some time but all of a sudden, several tracks (usually in the same album) refuses to play.
When I delete those tracks from the library and try to re-add them, iTunes refuses to add those tracks but the tracks themselves remain playable by other programs (I tried with Windows Media Player).
Does anyone know anything about this?

Hello.
I am having a similar problem. It's not exactly the same but maybe you can help me either way. I've looked through the forum & this is about as close as I could get.
Okay, I recently purchased a 2nd gen. 16G iPod Touch as an upgrade from my 1st gen. 8G iPod Touch. When I synced it I noticed that certain songs won't play sound on my iPod. They look as if they're playing but no sound comes out. These songs are all authorized on my computer & play fine on my computer. Just not my iPod. These certain songs also played fine on my 1st gen. iPod Touch.
I have tried deauthorizing & reauthorizing and syncing my iPod numerous times. Still nothing. I then completely restored my BRAND NEW iPod and tried re syncing it and it still won't play those songs. I'm not sure if I should try the MP3 Tag Validator as I am not having an issue with the songs playing in iTunes. Plus, I just recently was infected with a rogue software virus and am wary of downloading freeware.
Any other suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it. (:

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