Purchased music not copying to IPod

I've recently purchased several songs from ITunes. The songs downloaded fine to ITunes but they won't copy to my IPod. When I try to move them to my IPod, it says "Syncing IPod. Do not disconnect." But it never copies. I have a few other songs from a previous purchase which copy fine so the problem seems to be with the new ones only. It says that my IPod software is up to date and ITunes is up to date also. Anyone have this problem, or more importantly, have any idea why this is happening?
Thanks!

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