My itunes won't open on the desktop anymore

Hi
I have a problem!!!
I was loading some songs onto itunes from the itunes store and had paid for each song using a giftcard. All was going well until I came to the last song I had chosen to load and for some reason it was stuck and never finished (or starting by the look of the bar!!) downloading.
So I minimised the icon and continued on with other work only to discover later when I tried to shut down my computer that itunes was still downloading so in frustration I cancelled that song just in order to shut down. Going back onto the desktop later on I discovered that I could not get onto itunes anymore via the desktop. As I don't know any other way I tried to troubleshoot but didn't get anywhere. Please help. Maybe just switching off and on computer may help???
Wishful thinking.

Hi Kori,
Close all apps: Double click on the Home button, then swipe up on the mini screens displayed above each open app.
Reset your device (nothing will be lost): Hold down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and continue to hold them down until the Silver Apple appears (up to 30 seconds). Once the Home screen redisplays, see if your iTunes will open.
Cheers,
GB

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