Computer Crashed - Lost Songs

I had a problem with my computer, it crashed loosing a number of songs I had purchased, but I had not yet put them onto my iPod, I managed to recover the songs that were allready on my iPod but still (many months later) have not yet been able to recover the lost songs, iTunes acknowlages that I have purchaced them as it states in my purcase history but dont know where to go from there. Im sure somebody has also had this problem and could understand how frustrating it is. Any help will be greatly apreciated.
Thanks in advance A13X15

If you didn't make a back-up of your purchases to restore from (as you are advised to do) then I'm sorry to say that the policy on lost purchases is that you have to pay to download them again:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage." iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
You could try contacting iTunes Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. There have been occasional reports in the iTunes forum of this happening, however just be aware that they are not under any obligation to do so. If you click on this link you'll be able to email your query: Customer Service - iTunes Store Support
You might also want to check out these pages for future reference:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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