iPod woes

So my iPod's being all funky. Yesterday it got thirty seconds into a song and then skipped to the next track. I started that song five seperate times, and each time, at the exact same spot, it skipped to the next track. This morning, I was listening to an album and it just skipped right over a couple of the tracks. If I look at the track listing, the songs are there, but if I try to play--skip.

What the hell? Anyone have any idea what's wrong with it and how to fix this? It is tres annoying.

ETA on iPod

Nope, removing and reloading the songs didn't work. The skip in the exact same place. Help!

Why? Why? My ipod is too young to be malfunctioning!