Songs dropped into iTunes are not showing up in my library!

I know this question appears around the form with some variations but I thought I would put it out there again and see if we can get some answers already!
Since upgrading to iTunes 11, when I drop songs into iTunes they appear to copy but don't show up in my library.  They do however show up in the recently added playlist and in a library search.
Also, the files are not being copied into my library even though I have the "copy files into iTunes media folder..." box checked in preferences. 
Could this have something to do with keeping my iTunes library on an external drive?  I've never had problems like this before...
C'mon Apple, there are enough people have similar problems!  This is driving me nuts!! 

Apple are not here just us users.
Some people have reported that logging out ot the itunes store and logging in clears things
Other people who use itunes Match have reported Store > Update iTunes Match works
I agree it seems to be a bug but to let apple know about it you need to use the feedback in itunes

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