Itunes song purchasing issues

When trying to purchase a song, A pop-up box says there's a billing issue with a previous purchase, and asks for my password. The password is never accepted. It is the same pw I use to login etc.I've tried even changing pw's with no joy. I have an ipod touch gen4 with the original ios. I've tried upgrading the ios in the past, and that just created way too many problems. Anyone else run into this issue when trying to make purchases?
Thanks

Stepehn.$,
Since some of your songs play correctly here are some suggestions.
Make sure your iTunes and Quicktime are up to date.
Then deauthorize, and reauthorize your computer for your iTunes Store account.
This article contains some more suggestions for troubleshooting songs that won't play correctly or skip:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300766

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