My songs that I bought on my iPod disappeared after I synced it

Last night I had bought songs off iTunes with an itunes gift card. I bought it on my iPod. I then plugged it into the computer and it said it needed to be restored. I then restored it and all my new songs were gone! It is syncing my old songs now. This has happened to me before, how do I get those songs back?

See this Apple support document about redownloading past iTunes purchases. Notice you must be running the latest version of iTunes (10.3).
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
B-rock

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thanks for reading this people.
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I DID NOT check the manually manage videos thing, and i DID click all of them to sync. It is sorta bugging me because i really want to see my glee..:D
but the weird things is, my songs and apps that i bought from my ipod WILL sync back. But it is just my tv shows... x(
PLEASE help!!!!!!!!!!
if there is anything else you need to know to help me, please tell!
thanks,
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Symptoms
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Resolution
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Songs in iTunes may not play back completely
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4357
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Steve Taylor1 wrote:
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Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1725
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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Try the steps listed here...
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If the problem persists, please post back.
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