My iPOD nano just races through the songs

Ok, my ipod, after clicking on any source of music (albums, songs, artists, etc..) shows each song for about one second, without even staying on the song long enough to hear anything. It just goes from song one to two to three to four, etc, extremely fast. It also does not show me any of the pictures for the albums. That is not a big issue for me, I just would really like to listen to my ipod again. Please help me in any way you can.

Try reseting it (by holding the center button and the menu button at the same time)and if that dosen't work restore your ipod from the iPod updater.

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