Sorting Songs in Playlists

I am in a band, and I want to create playlists that follow my setlist order. However I cannot figure out how to make my songs show up in the order I want them to appear, seems I am limited to alphabetical by artist, song name, or the other fields at the top.
Any suggestions? I figured it would be as easy as dragging them within the playlist, but no such luck.

Click in the grey area above the track numbers, and then you can click and drag items around in the list.

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