How to safely delete duplicate songs in itunes?

For some reason all of the songs in my library have multiplied themselves. So I have three of each and every song - one original and two copies. I don't know how this happened, but I need to find a way to safely remove the copies without hurting the originals. Does anyone know how to do this? I started to manually delete, but quickly realized that I couldn't identify the original or copies and lost some music...not to mention how labor-intensive this would be! Please help

Hi Zevoneer
As regarding duplicates, i have another query to ask you.
Earlier i have dragged 100 songs from library to a playlist , ( and i have had some duplicates amongst those 100 songs ) i allways got a message to skip or add duplicates. For some reason i dont get that message anymore, can you help me on thids ? Maybe i put some option off, or something ?

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Hello momoandfam,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Take a look at the article linked below, it’ll answer your questions about finding and deleting duplicate tracks in your iTunes library.
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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
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