I wonder why people seem afraid to look at the menu items on an application and see what they do.
An interesting one in iTunes, most versions but definitely V11, is the View menu. There you will find all sorts of goodies that can be turned on or off.
Show Status Bar is the one you are looking for. Click it and you will find the information your were looking for
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It used to be at the bottom, how many songs you had and even more importantly how much space is being used. That information was kind of useful to people who have Ipods with limited space

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