Why does my song play for only a few seconds?

I purchased & downloaded an entire album from itunes but the first song, the title track, will only play for a few seconds before skipping to the next song. It's a 3min long tune but all I get is 3-4 seconds of play. How can I ensure that I get the entire track that I paid for?

If you can do a second download in your country delete the track completely from your iTunes library, then re-download.
Downloading (using iOS or computer) past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not all media formats are available in all countries (see: iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match Availability by Country - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085 ); apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Downloading previously purchased movies and TV shows requires iTunes 10.6 or later. Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list (e.g., ringtones, audiobooks), or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple recommends "you always back up your iTunes library in the event that a purchased item is no longer available on the iTunes Store."

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The songs are not from iTunes, they are from CDs that I had copied to my itunes library.
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