Purchased playlist missing off iphone

After a wifi sync last week, my purchased playlist has disappeared from my iphone, but still present in itunes. I have searched for answers and still havent found a solution. I have tried creating a smart playlist and that hasnt worked. I have also tried to purchase songs on the iphone is hopes it would recreate the playlist, but still no purchased playlist has popped up. Does anyone know how to get my playlist back? Thanks!

- create a new playlist (eg purchased2) and copy ALL music from Purchased into the new Purchased2 playlist
- delete the original Purchased playlist
- download a free track from iTunes Store, iTunes will create a new playlist purchased
- copy and paste (ctrl v ctrl c way) the songs from purchased 2 to the newly created Purchased
- sync your iDevice and you should be sorted!
There must be an issue with the old smart playlist. Creating a fresh one and copying the music over seems to fix it?

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