Song preview stalls while connecting... and the workaround

Starting a few days ago, I've been unable to preview any songs on the iTunes Store. I tried various artists and genres, but it was all the same. However, there was no problem previewing TV shows. When I used Process Explorer to monitor my system resources, I found that iTunes was using over 90% CPU cycles whenever I try to preview a song!
Now, here's the workaround. Double-click a song on the store to preview. When you see the "Connecting..." bar, click on the blue field at the top of the bar and hold for about 3 seconds. When you release it, then the preview works! Weird, huh?
Apple, if you're reading this, please fix this bug.
Message was edited by: Kimikaze

You are RIGHT ON... I just upgraded and had this issue. 10min googling and I found this post. This works perfectly for me. D#mn! I was concerned this was some goofy bug with my system, but it does appear to be bug in iTunes.
Kimikaze - great find.

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