Why can't iTunes cue up next song?!

I've been using iTunes for years now, maybe I'm missing something but I can't understand why you can't simply cue a song to play next from within the main library..?!
Surely this must be one of the most basic and useful features you could have in a music app. I know you can use the party shuffle but sometimes you just need to create a playlist on the fly and having to stand by your mac to wait till the current song finishes just ain't right!
A

It's not quite the same as the Now Playing feature in Windows Media Player, but if you set Party Shuffle to *Display: 0 recently played, and 0 upcoming songs* you get almost the same effect. You can build up the playlist using *Add to party shuffle* but, as you say, to switch to the playlist if you are already listening to another part of the library you either need to wait for the current track to finish or interrupt it. Neither option is ideal. You probably already know this, but *Play next in party shuffle* will switch play to the Party shuffle if it's not already there so if you always used this option to start things playing then you won't have to make the choice to wait or interrupt.
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