ITunes thinks I need too much space

Itunes 8.3 + OS3.0
For some reason, iTunes thinks I need 21GB for my songs when I try to sync, but they only consume 6GB (reported by iTunes at the bottom of the screen). If I select the checkbox to only sync checked items, then the sync works correctly.
Can anybody suggest what might be wrong?

Thanks, but the 'Other' is not shown on iTunes. I'm sure there used to be some.
But, like I say, I've selected all my songs and syncing selected items works. It's only if I choose to sync all (which I'm surely doing by selecting all) that I have a problem.
I have tried a restore too.

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