Ipod touch won't shuffle. Keeps playing same song over and over.

Not sure where you're looking on your iPod, but this thread is discussing the iPod as it was more than five years ago, and since then, the interface has changed considereablty.

Assuming that you have a recent iPod Touch (such as the 6th generation one), you need to switch to the Now Playing screen and drag the screen upwards. (You need to be on the open Now Playing screen, not the Lock Screen playing screen). Below the transport controls (the Play, Forward and Reverse buttons), is the volume control and below that (once you drag the screen upwards) are the Shuffle and Repeat buttons.

It's actually not possible to miss them: the buttons are in light grey with red text on them when the control is off. If your iPod is set to English, the buttons have a symbol and text on them. The Shuffle button (on the left) has the word Shuffle and the shuffle icon (which is shaped like the one shown here, but in red):

If the control is on, the button is in red and the symbol and text are in white. Tap it to turn it off.

The Repeat button looks similar to the one shown below:

... and has the word Repeat on it.

Again, if the button is in red and the symbol and text are in white, the control is on. Tap it to toggle between Repeat, Repeat 1 and Off.

Repeat 1 will have the number "1" in the arrows, a little bit like this one:

I don’t see the same things on my IPod Touch... there’s no repeat, only a play or shuffle... any suggestions? Thank you!!

Start playing a song, any song.

Tap on the album artwork area for the song playing to bring up the scrubber for the song.

The shuffle icon/selection is located at the right of the scrubber, and the repeat icon/selection is located at the left of the scrubber. If repeat is on, the color of the icon will be blue. Select the icon until the color of the icon is white, which means repeat is off.

Thank you so much. Really appreciate it!!!

Thank you so much! I was so annoyed at the gym having to switch the songs manually! Thanks so much Mark!!!

Thank you so much! It was so annoying to have to manually switch my songs every time at the gym! Saved me lots of aggravation and a good workout too 🙂

Great fixed my problem. It's cost me hours too!!

Thanks, was driving us crazy.

Thank you! I knew I somehow turned it off but couldn't figure it out! Was driving me crazy and like someone else said, messed with my workout!

Great help! Thanks so much!!! I was about to test my iPod's resistance to a hammer until I read your post.

Thank you! I was changing the shuffle icon, but forgot about the repeat icon!

oh my goodness, i was ready to also test my iPod with a hammer. thank you so very much for saving it. i use it at work everyday. your awesome.