How to create Song Playlists in iTunes

1. Click the Add Playlist button or choose File→New Playlist.
Clicking the Add Playlist button, in the lower-left corner of the iTunes window under the Source pane, creates a new playlist in the Playlists section of the Source pane. Named untitled playlist, this playlist is highlighted and ready to rename.
2. Give the playlist a new descriptive name.You can begin typing a new name, and press Return to save the name.
3. Select Music in the Library section of the Source pane, and then drag songs from the library to the playlist.
Drag one song at a time or drag a group of songs, dropping them onto the playlist name in the Source pane. The initial order of songs in the playlist is based on the order in which you drag them to the list.
4. Select the playlist in the Playlists section of the Source pane and then drag songs to rearrange the list.
To move a song up the list and scroll at the same time: Drag it over the up arrow in the first column (the song number).
To move a song down the list and scroll: Drag it to the bottom of the list.
To move a group of songs at once: Press Shift and select a range of songs

Read more:www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-create-song-playlists-in-itunes1.html#ixzz1JAdDCGaa Answered Apr, 13 2011

Some modern music library programs have smart playlists that let you set a certain criteria that bumps a song onto the play list. Some examples would be if a song has been played “X” times, it will be on the playlist. Songbird is really good at doing this.

Answered Sep, 18 2011

Well, please follow this way to do that:

Whether that’s one of iTunes’ default playlists or one configured yourself, you’re talking about a smart playlist, which is the easiest to re-create -- all you have to remember are the parameters, and iTunes does the heavy lifting of finding the songs. Press Command-Option-N for a New Smart Playlist (also in the File menu), and whip up something like Kind Does Not Contain Video, however many tracks you like, selected by Most Often Played. If you want to exclude podcasts, music videos, and so on, add more conditions and use the dropdown menus to exclude by Media Kind.


Move this XML file to the Desktop, then reimport it back into iTunes to recover your old library, playlists and all.

But if you deleted a regular playlist (rather than a smart one), you can still get it back, provided you haven’t added any new content to your iTunes library in the meantime. Start by shutting down iTunes. Locate your iTunes folder -- usually at /Users/your-username/Music. Inside, look for a file called iTunes Music Library.xml, and drag it out of the folder and onto your Desktop. Next, move the iTunes Library file to the Trash.

Now, open up iTunes, and select File > Library > Import Playlist. Use the file-selection window to navigate to the iTunes Music Library
.xml file currently marooned on your Desktop. Boom! iTunes will automatically re-create your lost playlist. As we warned earlier, make sure not to import any new content to your iTunes library until you’ve first imported the iTunes Music Library.xml file. Doing so will alter your iTunes music library, thus rendering the XML file useless.

The source:http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_recover_itunes_playlists Answered May, 03 2011

You can try these steps:
1) Open iTunes.
2) Create a playlist and add audio/video you want to publish. Of course, you can publish existing playlists.
3) Select the playlist and choose Store→Create an iMix.
4) Name your iMix, including a description. Click "Publish" . Answered Apr, 05 2011