Songs stop playing in iTunes (and iPod Touch) early

I have a few songs where the song will stop playing and move on to the next song in the playlist early.
The place is different for each song, but it's consistent within the song. For example, I have one song where the song plays fine up until 43 secs before the end, and then it switches to the next song. If I advance the counter to -42 secs, skipping -43, the song finishes fine.
These were all bought from Apple, they're m4p files.
Is there anything I can do?

Do you have the original file on your computer? If it plays in iTunes without ending early, then the resolution is to take the song off of the device and put it back on.
If the original (on your computer) got corrupted somehow (iTunes 8 appears to muck up files during transfers), then contact the iTunes Store by reporting a problem with a purchase. Perhaps they'll allow you to replace the file -- they did that for me when one of the songs I'd purchased somehow got corrupted. If you have a backup, you could also replace the song from backup.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
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/Users/username/Music/iTunes/
Microsoft Windows Windows XP and Windows 2000
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Microsoft Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7
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5. Open the Previous iTunes Libraries folder in the iTunes folder.
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chrisfromroy wrote:
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