There's nothing wrong with the song, I can play it in quicktime and quicklook just fine, but when i add it to itunes it becomes 36 minutes long. what the heck is going on?
I have noticed that with some free CDs; one or more songs having extra stuff added when you play them in iTunes. The creator of a CD can manipulate it so it plays fine on a CD player, but has extra stuff added in iTunes. To fix this while getting best quality:
1. Switch to "Apple lossless" importing, then import the CD.
2. Click on the songs that cause problem. Get Info, Options, then change "End Time" to the correct value. Play to the end of the song to make sure you didn't cut off too much or too little. When that is done, the 31 extra minutes are still there, but they won't be played anymore.
3. Switch from "Apple lossless" to the quality you actually wanted to use, for example AAC. Select all the songs, then right click + "Convert Selection to AAC" (or MP3, or whatever you wanted). In the converted songs, the 31 extra minutes are completely and permanently gone.
4. Select the "Apple lossless" songs and delete them.