Not playing songs bought on itunes

i just bought a new ipod nano today and went home and put music from a few of my cds onto itunes and then was able to put them onto my ipod and play them normally. then i decided that i wanted more songs, so i went to the music store and bought 5 songs and everything seemed to be working fine. i dragged them over to the "ipod" folder in itunes, the same things i had done with the songs from my cd. they now show up on my ipod and i can play them off of itunes, but when i try to play them on my ipod, it goes to the "playing now" screen for about a second, doesn't play at all, and then goes back to the menu immediately.
i've tried restarting my ipod, turning it off and on again, disconnecting it from my computer, and leaving it connected and nothing helps.
what am i doing wrong?? has anyone else had this happen to them? what can i do to get my songs to play for me? thanks so much for any advice you have!

Play one of the purchased songs in iTunes first, then connect the iPod.

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