Playlist half syncs to iPhone?

Hey guys, can someone answer this one?
I've made a playlist with 52 songs in on iTunes but when it syncs to my iPhone theres only has 35 of the songs??
I tried re-syncing and making other playlists but for some reason iTunes isn't syncing these correctly? can anyone think of something to push the remaining songs over? I've tried dragging and dropping the playlist into the iPhone on iTuness but that does nothing
Honestly can't think of what to do and it's annoying me, I want the entire playlist not half it! I got the tracks set up in order and everything but it won't sync with my phone

I've been reading around and it seems like this is a common issue

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