Select songs won't sync

Some songs I bought on iTunes won't sync with my iPod nano. I bought the Children of Men soundtrack, and of the 10 songs I picked from the album to upload, only 3 of them will play. The others appear, but when I try to play them, they get skipped over without playing. Anyone had a similiar experience and ideas on how to fix it? Do I need to redownload the songs?

Try this test:
1. Deauthorize the computer.
2. Create a new user in the system.
3. Download the free song of the week from the iTMS in the new user account.
4. Play the song in that user account to authorize again.
5. Restore the iPod (using the iPod updater) in the new user account.
6. Sync just the free song of the week and see if it plays on the iPod.
If it does, you appear to have a corrupted iTunes library file, and you should recreate the iTunes library file in your normal user account, and then sync your music back to the iPod and all should be well.
If you need them, the following articles will help you.
One computer using multiple iTunes store authorizations.
About Authorization and Deauthorization.
How to restore the iPod.
How to recreate your iTunes library.
How to create a new user account in Windows.

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