The music won't go away!

I have a problem. There are songs on my phone that I have deleted from my iTunes. The albums show up on my phone, but don't show up in my general iTunes and don't show up under "on this device" when my phone is plugged in to my computer. How do I make them go away?

Did you try to reset the iPod by holding the sleep and home button for about 10sec, until the Apple logo comes back again? You will not lose data.
If resetting does not help, set it up as new device:
How to back up your data and set up as a new device

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