Stars above song title list?

This is a weird question, but when I'm playing a song on my iPhone and am viewing the title of the song, a series of stars (up to five) appears on my screen. I can reduce the number my moving my finger across them. What are these? TIA!

This is a rating system for itunes. The stars enable you to rate the song between 1 and 5 stars so that when you sync the iphone back to itunes, the rating will be moved back into itunes.
In itunes there is a column for rating that you can view and sort by.
Also, you can use the smart playlist function on the rating system.
Hope this helps.

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