Some songs play for short time

Some songs in my library only play for 2 seconds and then move on to the next song. When I tried to drag the slider forward in the song it moves to the next one. Only some songs do this and I can't figure out why. It shows that the song is X amount of length but only plays 2 seconds or 10 seconds.

The start and stop times can be adjusted in iTunes. To check if you or someone else has inadvertantly changed these settings, proceed as follows:
Click the song which is not playing as it should, once.
Press the Command (Apple) key and i key together. Click on "Options" and turn the checkmark(s) off next to the start and stop times.

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Try This...
Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
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Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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Try:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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I've been having this weird problem that I have been looking into for many times and never have found a straight answer.
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I'm not sure about the playing a different song when you choose a nother, but I Just figured out the multiple copies issue.I had been having the same problem and realize that some of the songs in that album were marked as "part of a compilation." SO i went to each individual song in that album and unchecked the box (when you go to th e"get info" screen) Hope that helps.

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