Play count is out of wack!?

Ive been noticing lately that my play count on some songs are way too high, so i listened to a song on my ipod touch 1st gen and then went into its library via iTunes and it sayed 720 play count, but before sayed 325, i have no clue what is going on! someone help!
thanks in advance

mine was like that too.
one of my songs was up at 1160, even though i only had my ipod for a week.
check that you are actually stopping your music, not just pausing it, and that you dont have it on repeat mode.
if all else fails, reset your play count on itunes

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