Skipping songs completly

Songs that recently got down loaded from the iTunes Music Store will not play on my new nano. It displays the song title, artist, and album art in the now playing menu starting at 0:00, then it skips over the song before playing and goes to the next song. I have already tried to restart the ipod and reload the songs but this had no effect. The files play fine in iTunes. Any suggestions?

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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