Unable to sort songs

The latest and greatest version of iTunes is not a favorite of mine.
How can I make the songs on my iTouch sort?
  In all previous versions I could just click on the column headder and that would sort the list, know I can click on the headers and nothing happens.  My songs are currently sorted by genre and I would like alphabetic.
When viewing the songs in my Library I can sort by any column in the display so it has to be something with the way the new iTunes is setup.

Hi alekhine,
Thank you for your post and welcome to Nokia Support Discussions!
The music player will automatically sort the music files according to the information in the file name and the ID3 tags. There is an ID3 tag reserved for the track number, and usually this information has been filled in to keep the album in the order intended by the artist - and I have yet to see an album where all the tracks are in alphabetical order.
If you want to make tracks appear in alphabetical order, we would advise you to go through the ID3 tags and remove this information along with the possible track number in the file name. Tags can easily be edited in most music players and other dedicated applications. Please see here for more info on ID3 tags. 
Hope this helps!
Puigchild
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