Why is music in playlist on 2nd gen itouch not listed under music heading in itunes?

I have a few playlist that I created on my iTouch that when connected to iTunes does not list the music in those playlist under the Music heading. How can I include these playlist songs? Without the missing songs I can't get an accurate number of songs on iTouch.

Correction this is a 32g 3rd gen itouch.

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