Songs on iTunes suddenly don't play

When I open my iTunes and click on a song to play, nothing happens. The song shows up in the top screen to indicate the time of the song, but it doesn't begin playing. Same thing if I click to hear a song in the music store. I've hit pause and then play again and it still doesn't work. Any ideas would be very appreciated.

Meg, did you recently upgrade the version of iTunes you're using?

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