My iPod Touch 4gen is telling me to restore to factory settings?

I just got my iPod Touch fixed because the screen was cracked. I was on it and it was just fine until it died. I plugged it into my wall charger and it told me to connect to iTunes on the computer, so I did, and iTunes told me that my iPod was in recovery mode and the only way to put it back to normal is to restore it to factory settings. I know that this erases all memory as if you just bought it. It isn't letting me use my iPod, so do I have to erase it? I don't have all of my apps or pictures on my computer, but I have most of them. I do have all of my songs on the computer though. So do I have to erase it?

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