Deleting a song from my duplicates in my library

I have multiple duplicates, I want to delete one of them. When I go to help it states to select it then press the delete key. This solution is not working. Any other suggestions how to delete duplicates?

Inside iTunes 8.0 or higher you can do the following method to sort duplicates and easily erase them.
File -> Show Duplicates
Now you'll see a list of the duplicate files, if you select one of each song (the duplicate) and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard at the same time you should see it highlight multiple songs. Once you have selected all the duplicate files you want to remove, go up to:
Edit -> Delete
It will then ask you if you want to remove these from the iTunes program, you will select yes. Then it will ask you if you want to remove them from your computer, and in most cases you will want to select No (as many times they have been added in the library twice from the same location).

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Tap the Songs category.
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