How do I remove the duplicates from my iTunes library?

Somehow iTunes has created a duplicate of virtually every song in my over 8600 song library. There are now 16263 songs. Short of going through 1 by 1, how can I get rid of all of these duplicates?
Message was edited by: SteelSpartan

If the duplicate copies all have the same date then you could do show duplicates, then sort by date added, and delete those with the new date.

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