Lost a song purchased on iPod Touch iTunes

I purchased a song in the iTunes store on my iPod and downloaded it recently. It was working fine for a while, but the other day I noticed that the song was gone. It's not on my iPod, and it's not on iTunes on my computer. I tried going to the store on my touch and pressed the buy song button for the same song. It said I had already purchased it, and asked me if I wanted to buy it again. Considering it wants me to buy it again, does it cost money? Is there any other way to get the song back?

There is a farily common issue that sometimes music purchased on the iPod disappears. You can contact Apple to tell them and they will let you download the song(s) again for free.
I had this happen a couple of times when I first got my iPod, but I keep it from happening now by, as soon as I plug in my iPod and iTunes recognizes it, right-clicking (ctrl-clicking on Mac) on the device name and selecting "Transfer Purchases." All of the new stuff you bought on your iPod will immediately be synced down to your iTunes. I haven't lost anything since I started doing that.

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