Why do some songs play properly in iTunes but not on iPod Classic?

Hi all, I have two songs in my library that play all the way through properly when played in Itunes through my Mac, and on my iPhone, and on my iPod, but not when played on my iPod Classic 80GB. That seems weird to me ... can anyone offer me some suggestions as to what's going on and how I might fix it? Thanks in advance.

What format are these two tracks in and at what bitrate are they encoded? Are they downloads from the iTunes Store or were these tracks that you were imported from outside of iTunes?
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