Library uploads up to 4 copies of same song...help

ok when I go to upload music to my library for some reason i get anywhere from 2 to 4 copies of the same song in the playlist...wht on earth is going on.
is this how many copies of music i have on the HD or something?

Well hold on - all is not lost. Until you find out what is happening you can delete Duplicates in iTunes : in the main Library List view find one of your duplicated songs; select all except one of the copies and press Command-backspace - when it asks "Move to Trash?" click that. You can either repeat that for each song or use one of the Doug scripts to do it for you.
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php
As for where the duplicates come from, to find out what is happening, you had best write out EXACTLY how you use iTunes, i.e. importing songs (ALL the steps you take - just saying "Add to Library" isn't enough - add WHAT to Library, exactly? Where from?), how you rip CDs, where else you get music from, what you do to Play your music, etc etc. Unless you give a FULL description it is near impossible to see what is happening.

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