Playlist's not in the correct order

I've always had a last played list of all the songs I've listened to recently. Ever since the new itunes update when I update my iPods (shuffle, nano and iphone 4S) they are in alphabetical order but in the smart playlist on my computer they are in the correct order. What is going on that the order of the music is incorrect? Is there a simple fix for it or is it just a glitch? I have seen other questions that are sort of like mine, however, they are not completely like my situations so I wanted to ask specifically for my situation. Thanks in advance!

Just to be clear, on all your music playlists, if you click on a playlist to view the songs it will show them in alphabetical order.
HOWEVER, IF YOU DO NOT ENTER THE PLAYLIST TO SEE THE SONGS BUT HIT PLAY ON THE PLAYLIST ITSELF IT WILL PLAY IN THE ORDER ON WHATEVER ITUNES YOU ARE STREAMING FROM.
I have seen alot written about the "playlist bug" but its not a bug. It works.
However, I suspect the ATV shows the songs in order for two reasons:
1) Apple assumes if you have a playlist, you will manage it from your iTunes and thus you will simply hit play on the Playlist to play it in order per my comment above. Thus, when you enter the playlist, Apple is using what it things will be the easiest default method for finding your songs which is alpha. Why do this? Because again assuming they arent expecting you to enter the playlist except to either find an album or artist, this would be the easiest way to do this and then from there they assume you may want to find other songs or albums or create a genius playlist from this artist hence why you can hold down the play button and get those options.
2) This is version 1 of the software and as we know with apple its not throw in all bells and whistles but streamline and simple. Even if it means locking things down like being able to resort a playlist on the AppleTv
I dont necessarily agree but it makes sense if you view it that way and also understand that Apple looks at this new gen of appletv as a streaming device not as a device to manage your content.

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