One song, multiple tags?

In loading all of my CD's into iTunes (and later my iPod), I realized that I have a lot of duplicate songs. For instance, I have two copies of "Eleanor Rigby" because it's on two different albums.
If I delete one of the songs, I can't listen to that particular album in its entirety. I know I could create a playlist for each album, but that's also irritating (since I'd have to go to Playlists as opposed to Albums to listen to a complete album).
Is there a way to tag a song so that it will show up and play under more than one album as opposed to clogging my iPod with multiple copies of songs?
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My reply was directed at the OP (Original Poster) and not to you.
At first glance you might have a similar issue, but I don't think it is.
Have a look at all albums/songs belonging to the artist/band Chicago.
Are they all spelled exactly the same?
An invisible 'space' character after the name Chicago can already divide it in two different artists.
This is what I recommend to do:
In iTunes, select all tracks of all albums of 'Chicago' (click the first one, shift-click the last one)
Get Info
You will see the 'Multiple Song Information' window.
If my assumption is correct, you won't see the artist name.
Type the correct name and click OK
Hope this helps.
M
BTW: Your info says, you're using Windows. Although the behaviour of iTunes often is identical for some iTunes features in OS X and Windows, I recommend posting in one of the iTunes for Windows forums in the future.
You will normally get a more to the point answer in those forums.
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