Slow iPod function on iPhone 4S

The iPod function on my iPhone 4S is running really slowly and being glitchy. It takes a while to open and forever to select a song or playlist (and sometimes instantly quits). Sometimes when I go to the list of playlists, sometimes it repeats one of the playlist names dozens of times. It is strange because the "loading wheel" at the top of the screen spins and spins like the phone is working really hard and using data to download something, but I'm playing songs that have already been downloaded from iCloud. I have tried restarting and quitting the application many times to no avail. I don't suspect phone damage because everything else runs perfectly! Any suggestions? Or should I just bring it in to the Apple Store to check for a hardware issue?

I'm having the same issue, which just started within the past few days.  3G is unusable due to the slowness.  I've been in areas which I frequent every day, which USED to have great speed, and now are practically dead---so it's not location.  My phone is iPhone 4s, AT&T---so it's not just Verizon and their service.  Everything is fine in WiFi.  I've done everything except restore the phone. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled apps like FaceBook or Words With Friends to see if it was issues with the apps, but that was unsuccessful. 

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