Why can i not play a song from icloud?

I uploaded a song (not a commercial song - one a friend had performed) to itunes last year, and it worked well. I uploaded it to icloud and then bought a macbook pro. I did not transfer the itunes files from my old computer to my new computer. I just went to play the song (actually, the album) and while it appears in icloud on my iphone and my itunes library on my macbook, I cannot download it. It's not grey - it just won't download or play. Any ideas what to do? Had my song been lost in the icloud?

Hi josh20th,
If you are having an authorization issue in iTunes, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389
Regards,
- Brenden

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