Create a playlist of all artists singing the same song (covers)

I'd like to create a playlist that has all of the same songs in my iTunes library that are sung by different artists. I can sort my music, of course, by title but then I have to manually move songs to a playlist. I'm looking for some kind of automated way to do this.

You can create a Smart Playlist that will help. Go to the File menu and choose New Smart Playlist.
In the first menu, choose Name. Then type in the song title in the third field so that it reads "Name contains _______"
This will put all versions of the song into a single playlist.
You can click on the plus sign on the right to add another rule, which you set the same as the first, but with a different song title. That will have all versions of the two songs in one playlist. Etc.
If you check Live Updating at the bottom of the window, then any new songs you add that fit the bill will automatically be added.

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