Play count on one song didn't register today?

Hello,
Play counts are very important to me for a few reasons, but today I listed to the same song at least 4 times today at work and when I synched my iPod with iTunes the song said "Last played - 7/5/07" when clearly that isn't the case. I do know that you have have to let the song play all the way through as i've been using an iPod/iTunes for a few years now, but it's this one song that didn't work (at least, I think it's only the one - if I can remember what I played today correctly). So, first thing I did was unplug my iPod, play the song again, and synched it with iTunes - and it worked. So what could have happend today? This happend with my 20GB iPod color I keep in the car - I usually only update the play counts and iPod itself once a month, and the last time I brought it in, I couldn't see anything that played at the times I would have been using it (while driving). Lately that one has been fine though as i've kept an eye on it. I do know that if I play a song at a later date or time on the other iPod it would wipe out the play I would have had in the car (not the number of plays, but the last time).
Any ideas? Suggestions? anything would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I'm using the latest version of iTunes also, if that helps.

Prior to syncing today, is there any chance that you went into iTunes and changed anything about the tag for this song? It would have had to have happend prior to today's sync, but after the sync prior to that.
If you do anything to a song's tag in your iTunes library (like adding artwork, updating artist or album name, add lyrics, etc.) then your iPod will not update the playcount of that song on your next sync to the library.

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