Play on the searched song?

is there a way i can make itunes play only the song selected from spotlight rather than it continuing to play the entire library after the selected song is played?
I seach spotlight from the menubar when i want to play a song in the middle of using my full screen lion apps. now, i need that itunes only plays that particular song i select from the list rather than moving to the next random song from the library after it finishes the first one.
Neerav

If you cannot find the file on your hard drive then once you delete the current broken entry you should be able to redownload from iTunes in the Cloud. This assumes the item in question qualifies. Note that audiobooks, digital booklets, iTunes LPs & Extras, ringtones, selected movies etc. don't.
If prompted don't hide the item. You may find that you need to close and then reopen iTunes before it will appear for download.
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