One song won't play in iTunes, but it will play in Quicktime.

There is a single song in my iTunes library that will not play in iTunes. Any time I try to play it, it brings up the song in the interface as if it's about to play, and then it switches to the next song. When it pops up in shuffle, it immediately skips to the next song. I've checked out everything under "Get Info", and it's all in order. I tried removing the song from my library and then adding it again (the usual "just restart the machine"-esque fix) but to no avail.
The weird thing is that the track still plays perfectly fine in Quicktime. But my iPod doesn't run on Quicktime, so it never plays on my iPod either.
Help?

Okay. perhaps let's try sending a copy of the file though to the Apple Engineers for a look. Here's the email address:
<[email protected]>
In the email to Roy, include:
A link to the thread on Apple Discussions where the issue is being discussed
The username you are using in the thread
The version of iTunes you are using or trying to use
The version of Windows you are using (mention service packs and whether or not you're 32-bit or 64-bit)
A concise description of the issue you are seeing
The exact text of the error message you are seeing

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