Itunes now has 4 of every song. how do i fix this?

so I have just fixed my computer, everything was backed up. I downloaded the latest version of iTunes and then I started to copy the music from the back up drive onto iTunes. I have a few thousand songs and now there is 4 of every song. I really don't have the time to go through and click & delete. there seriously must be an easier way.. Someone please help! This has happened before when my computer previously broke and I went through and deleted song by song, but I really hope I don't have to do that again haha. thanks.

An update to a new version of ITUNES does not require you to restore your songs from backup - never had to do it since ITUNES first came out -
Don't know what you mean by just fixed my computer - so you may be causing the problem when you restore files.
Before contacting Apple support - write down the steps you used to the point of multiple songs - Apple may have a way for you to delete duplicate songs and tell you how to prevent this in the future.

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