Songs wont play when purchased from store

im new to itunes, i have recently got an ipod shuffle and decided to buy a few songs to put on it.
i bought the comic releif song from itunes, it downloaded and went into my purchased folder. when i try to play it nothing happens, i thought this might have just been an error with that song butwhen i tried a diffrernt one the same thing happens.
this is really frustrating as it has charged me for 2 songs that dont play!!
Please help!!
thanks

What happens when you try to play them? And, is this on your iPod that they aren't playing? Or in iTunes?
Here's articles that talk about both:
iTunes for Windows 7.1 Help: I can't play a song
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/7.1/en/699win.html
Music doesn't play in iTunes for Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93400
iPod: Troubleshooting songs and audiobooks that won't play
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300766

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