Crashed Computer...Itunes purchased songs won't transfer?

I had to send in my laptop for service, in which they crash the computer. I had a library full of songs that I transferred to my Ipod shuffle. When I attempted to sync my shuffle with the newly re-downloaded Itunes, it said that I could not because it was attributed to another computer. It is this computer! The problem is that my computer was crashed. I purchased a song that will not transfer back to the computer. I don't know how to solve this and I feel that I am justified in having at least my purchased song available in the library. I should not have to repurchase it. I know that I burned the library of songs before I sent the computer in, how can I get them back onto the itunes library? Please help!

You probably still have all your songs on your Shuffle.
If this is the case, just rebuild your laptop library from there with any iPod to PC tool such as CopyTrans http://www.copytrans.net

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