Need to search twice in iTunes 11

Every other time i do a search in iTunes and click return I'm presented with the results. Great. But as soon as I attempt to click tp play, the list reverts to the full iTunes contents. I then perform the search again, press return and this time it works. I can play the songs in the search list. But I have to do the search twice every time. Anyone know why?

I knew I wasn't going to be the only one having this problem.
It's driving me crazy !!! And hasn't been fixed in iTunes 11.1.5 this week either... ughhh Apple's quality control is going downhill since the last few years...

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