Multiple Albums, one song?

Is there any way to tag one song as being on more than one album? And example is I have the Elvis song "In the Ghetto" in my library twice, once as part of he "Elvis in Memphis" album and again as part of "30", greatest hits collection.
It would be nice to open up the space on my hard drive and iPod if I only had one copy that connected to both albums.
Megan

I find I am more interested in the album it originally came from. So when I put CDs in my iTunes library, if I later put in a greatest hits album by the same artist, after verifying they are indeed the exact same versions as the original albums, I simply delete the greatest hits version from iTunes leaving only those that are not already on their from their original albums.
After all, isn't it more cool to be able to cite the original album it is on? Do you really care which greatest hits album it is also on?
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