Move (Drag) songs quickly up playlist

I have an IMac, OS is Snow Leopard version 10.6.8. I have ITunes version 10.6.1 (7).
I would like songs I add to a playlist moved higher up above in the playlist quicker.
Let's say I have a long playlist of about 700 songs and I add a new song. That song is now on the bottom of the playlist, at number 700 or so. Let's say I want to move it higher up to number 40 position on the playlist (because I organize playlists by singer). As I drag the song up higher, I can only drag it one screen at a time. Each screen has about 35 songs. It takes a long time to do this, as I move the song one screen at a time, and there are a lot of screens before I get up to the number 40 position. I assume there is a quicker way to drag or move the song up the playlist, rather than one screen at a time. Please note that I do not like to keep my playlists in alphabetical order, neither by songs nor by singer. I just keep them in the order they were downloaded. So alphabetizing is not an option. However, I do keep the songs by each singer together, so that all songs by the same singer or the same band are consecutive.

Make sure that the playlist you're trying to drag it to is a regular playlist, not a Smart Playlist (which pick up tracks automatically per the criteria set). Smart Playlists have a purplish icon with a gear-like symbol on them. You might find the following sites helpful:
The New User's Guide for iTunes
iTunes 101
and if you have an iPod:
iPod 101

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