Music plays from middle of a song for 5 sec, then changes & does it again

I just uploaded music onto my computer and then attached my iPod to download the music onto it. When I started listening to the music on my iPod, it randomly selects songs, plays for about 5 seconds from the middle of the song, and then changes to another song, plays for 5 seconds from somewhere in the middle of the song, and continues doing that. Also if I pause the song, it pauses for again 5 seconds, then goes to a new song, plays from somewhere in the middle of the song, etc.
The "meter" on the iPod screen shows a bar on the bottom displaying time played and time left to play Ex. 1:31----------------- -2:34 It clearly shows that's it's starting to play from the middle somewhere, but not the beginning of the song.
I've searched for random play, or some category that "previews" the songs, but can't find anything like that. Does anyone know what's wrong with it? Do I need to change the settings on it somehow? I CAN listen to the songs correctly if I listen from my computer, but not on my iPod.
I have the 60 video iPod, bought in November 2006.
Thanks!
donaldo2
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