How do I transfer my music library from my iPod to my Itunes?

Last night I opened up my Itunes to add more music to my iPod, only to find that it somehow deleted almost all the music from my library and even managed to add in a free U2 album. (???) The music is still in my Itunes Media folder, and thankfully all my songs and playlists are still on the Ipod itself, as it didn't automatically sync with my Itunes. However, for some reason I cannot access the Itunes library I directly had before this one-- only libraries that I had months from now.
Is there any way that I can transfer all the songs from my Itunes, including the playlists and song "play count" (both of which are very important to me), directly from my Ipod to my Itunes? Or simply replace all the info on my current Itunes library with the one on my Ipod?
Thank you very much for your time!

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

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