Songs are not syncing correctly

I'm pretty sure it's a bug in the newest version of iTunes or iOS but songs just aren't syncing.
When I drag and drop album to my iPod Touch 4G, either some songs stay greyed out and never finish syncing or they appear to be synced, but when I click on them they show the "!" mark next to the song like it was never synced correctly to begin with.
I wondering if this is a common problem with the newest iOS (5.0.1) or if there might be something wrong with my software.
My iPod has been freshly restored so I doubt it's corrupt or something. This is also very random because it will load many songs perfectly fine then just start acting up. I'm 100% sure my music files aren't corrupt in any way.

Fredmg77 wrote:
What I do is in the settings I press like manage Ipod Manually or something then I go in and delete the messed up songs. Then I uncheck it and click Sync All again and BOOM its fixed.
I manage my music manually as well. What you experienced was probably just a temporary fix. I can get mine to work to if I drag one album at a time to the iPod, but if I start just randomly putting albums on (like I've always done), that's when I start to get issues.

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