Imported Audio Files Are Taking Up 40mb's!

Recently when I import a new CD into iTunes, each individual song is taking up 40mb's. This is causing my iPod to fill up very quickly, while I know I should be able to fit many more files on it.
Why are these songs taking up so much space?

Marisa, Files that size most likely means you imported them as WAV files. Go into Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing and change your import preference to mp3 at 160 kbps (or whatever you prefer) and then click OK. That will tell iTunes to import future tunes in the more compact format.
Then for the ones already imported, right click on the song in your library and select "Convert Selection to mp3." This creates a new smaller file. Then you may delete your huge original file.
The mp3s will take around 3 to 6 MB each, a big space savings for you.
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