Song won't play in iTunes

I downloaded an album, and iTunes won't play one of the songs, saying my computer isn't authorized to play this song. It asks for my apple ID and password, but still won't play it after entering the info. Any ideas how to get the song to play?

Hi, lgreencmt. 
This sounds like one of the songs is possibly purchased by another Apple ID.  I would recommend trying all of the steps in the article below. 
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
Cheers,
Jason H.

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