Itunes wont sync some of my songs to my iphone 4s. any body any ideas

i was syncing my iphone 4s today and updating my music. itune said it couldn't sync 16 songs and to see itunes for details but could see a reason why it couldn't do it. anybody got any solutions?

Could be a few things. Are they songs you purchased in iTunes? If so, double-click them to play them, If they are not authorized, you'll be asked to login which should authorize the songs for syncing.

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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You may want to use this article as a guide to determine if the songs are on your computer:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
If the missing songs were purchased from the iTunes Store, see this article for the steps to download them again:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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Jeremy

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iTunes not syncing selected playlists, choosing songs from all playlists
You have it selected to *sync selected playlists* and those playlists are not syncing to the iPod?
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The option (Fill free space) could be made clearer. Perhaps if they added "with songs at random from the entire library" or somehow added an option to select what the free space will be filled with.)
1) The fact that iTunes it is not obeying the selected options on the screen
Not supposed to do that.
If the playlists all fit and there is free space, what would iTunes use to fill the free space if it only used selected items?
2) iTunes is allowing users construct an unhonorable set of choices out of four options. If "Selected playlists, artists and genres" is not compatible with "Automatically fill free space," then that option should be grayed out.
It is compatible.
If there is free space after your selections are added, what should iTunes use to fill the free space? It shouldn't fill the free space with stuff already on the iPod.

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