Why are they songs on my iphone that are not on my itunes

Hi. Since ios7, my iphone 5 now has songs that i do not either own or have on my itunes on my Mac. I have never even bought some of thes songs. I cant even delete them off my device. These songs have 3 red dots next to them if that helps. This is driving me crazy so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hopefully you are signed in to the same Apple ID on iTunes on your Mac as you are on your iPhone. If not, get to this state.
On your Mac, go to the iTunes Store. Click the "Purchased" link on the right side. You should find and be able to download the song there.
For the future, go to iTunes > Preferences > Store from iTunes' menu and check the Automatic Downloads - Music box.

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If so, that means the music was transferred from your iTunes library on computer via the iTunes sync process - unless you are an iTunes Match subscriber.
Music transferred from your computer can be removed the same way - via the iTunes sync process or you should be able to delete individual songs direct from the iPhone.

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Hi Aitkesh,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
This article has some information on transferring music from an iPhone to iTunes:
iTunes: Transferring media from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1209
Here's the information related to transferring music:
Music purchased from the iTunes Store
Transfer your content via iTunes.
Download your content through iTunes in the Cloud1.
Download your content through iTunes Match2.
Music imported from a CD or another source
iTunes cannot transfer this media back to a computer. Make sure to back up your iTunes Library, or you can use iTunes Match2.
Cheers,
Jeremy

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will it?

No. Any music on your phone that did not come from iTunes MUST have come from your computer. It should still be there.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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I had this problem too after i upgdatd to OS X Mavericks... only the songs on my iphone 5s that i purchased from itunes would play.
i read something about it being a syncing issue. when you plug your phone into your computer with the usb cable, the person said to switch from automatic syncing of itunes to the "manual" option. mine was already set to manual so i wasn't sure anything would work. BUT, when i plugged my phone into my computer, it started to sync all of my music on my phone again (top of itunes bar where song playing/time is listed said "now syncing 123/534 songs to x's iphone"). once that was completed, i checked the music app on my iphone and everything was back to normal!
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YamiPod http://www.yamipod.com/
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PodPlayer http://www.ipodsoft.com/software.aspx
iPod Agent: http://www.ipodsoft.com/index.php?/software/ipodagent
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.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173-en

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I ran into this problem as well, random songs missing from one album of a particular band. First I compared the info of each the missing tracks (command-i while in itunes) to the rest of the songs on the album to see if there were any discrepancies, as this could potentially confuse the iphone.
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everytime i purchase songs on itunes and sync them to my iphone 4, the songs downloads twice. one as the actual song, and the second one doesnt do anything. when you click on it, it just skips to the next song and doesnt play anything. also this second song has this cirlce dot thing next to it when i am scrolling through my songs in my music...so how do i get rid of this second download? its really annoying to have and it wont let me delete it off my phone. alsoooo since it doesnt show up in my itunes library, i cant delte it off there either! HELP PLEASE

On the springboard, locate the app you want to delete. For this example, I’ll use WeatherBug.
Tap and hold down the icon of the application you want to delete. After a few seconds your screen will start to “wiggle” and an X will appear next to each of the apps you’ve installed via the App Store.
Tap the X next to the icon of the app you want to remove. When prompted, selectDelete.
And now it’s gone.
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http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/07/12/how-to-delete-apps-from-your-ipod-touch-or- iphone/

Why are they songs on my iphone that are not on my itunes

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