Why doesn't my iPod touch show the Genius icon?

I hope somebody can help me with this, it seems like a simple problem, but I can't figure it out. I have genius mixes turned on with itunes and it shows up on my itouch. HOWEVER: when I am playing a song there used to be the genius icon on top of the song while it was playing. When I clicked on that icon the itouch would select other like songs. That button went away and is replaced with only the artist, title, and album of the song playing. I still have genius mixes, but I don't have the icon while the song is playing. What happened to the icon? I tried restoring the itouch, and I called apple, and I still don't have an answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Just tap the "now playing" screen. The Genius icon you are looking for is part of the additional song controls. Tap the screen again and these controls disappear
See page 44-45 of http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_3.1_UserGuide.pdf

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