Song not appearing in purchased list, but on the store it says purchased

Question

Hi,
I've downloaded a song off my old ipod and bought a new ipod a few days later. But the song I downloaded isn't appearing in the purchased list, however on the itunes store it says 'purchased' next to it, but there isn't an option to download it. I've tried synching the ipod, selecting transfer purchases, clicking on 'Check for Available downloads' but it says all purchases have been downloaded. But I'm out of ideas, does anyone know any solutions?
Thanks.

Answer 1

By purchased list do you mean the Purchased link under Quicklinks on the right-hand side of the iTunes store home page ? That is where you can re-download items (music can't be re-downloaded in all countries). If music appears as a category on that screen but that track doesn't show then is it hidden from the list (hiding and unhiding purchases) ?
If the song is still on the iPod then conncting it and doing 'transfer purchases' should copy it over to the Music part of your library. If the song was bought on your iPod then it won't appear in the Purchased section under Store on the left-hand sidebar of your computer's iTunes as it wasn't bought on that computer.
The 'check for available downloads' will look for items that haven't yet been downloaded from the store e.g. tv episodes from a series pass, pre-orders.