Songs I bought on Itunes

Does anybody know how I can get all the songs I've purchased on Itunes back? I've changed operating systems and computers in the last couple of months and none of the many songs I've purchased show up on the purchased list.

*none of the many songs I've purchased show up on the purchased list.*
That's because you have to copy your purchases from one computer to another. When you buy them they are downloaded to the hard drive of the computer you are using at the time. Logging on to another computer doesn't make your purchases automatically available. If you don't make a back up copy then the songs are only on the available on the PC you downloaded them to: iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
If you didn't make a back-up of your purchases to restore from (as you are advised to do) then I'm sorry to say that the policy on lost purchases is that you have to pay to download them again:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage." iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
You could try contacting the iTunes Music Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. There have been occasional reports in the iTunes forum of this happening, however just be aware that they are not under any obligation to do so. If you click on this link you'll be able to email your query: iTMS Customer Service
If you have an iPod that still has the purchases on it the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
You might also want to check out these pages for future reference:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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