Why do some songs fail to copy to iPod?

MacBook Pro OS 10.7.3, iPod Touch OS 5.1, iTunes 10.6.1:
Sometimes, when I copy a songlist from my computer to my iPod, certain song files will not complete the transfer. These are average sized files I've been playing and transferring among devices previously, either AAC files or MP3 files. Nothing fancy. Any ideas?

Have you look for this installed app on other pages of apps by swiping to the left and right to access the other pages of apps? Also look for the app in folders of apps as well.
Have you doing a Spotlight search for it? To do this, swipe to the high from the main Home Screen and type in the name of the app.
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I counted the tracks, there are actually 63. (My library has about 6000 tunes.)
I've recently upgraded to buy the new DRM free songs, but I don't see the connection.
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I converted the songs to mp3-192s, trashed the originals, still won't transfer.
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I was shocked to see your post. I was just about to paste this new thread:
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Sully, I think it is an odd coincidence that we both have "101 problems". I thought this was an iPod problem at first, but I have reset the iPod and started all over. The problem persists. I think the problem is in iTunes. In my case at least, there seems to be a list of m4p files within iTunes that were on this iPod before, files that i have replaced with regular mp3 files now, and iTunes doesn't want to copy over them. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
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