Why do my new songs show up with a duplicate to download from Itunes when I already have the song

Recently I;ve noticed a lot of duplicates showing up in my library, they have the cloud icon next to them indicating I have the song waiting to be downloaded but I already have the song. Once upon a time, we could isolate duplicate songs in our library and delete them. Why is this happening? How do I stop it? Will I lose both if I delete the "cloud" one?

Go to preferences.Go to store .UNCHECK show itunes in cloud purchases.Click OK.I had this happen.you should not lose your songs.I did not lose mine.I believe you are merely hiding the cloud song from view.Did you "bite"at the pop-up to update itunes software.I did.That may be the culprit.

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Click Hide Song(s), it is what you wanted to do...
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iTunes in the Cloud is a feature of your iTunes store account that allows you to redownload or stream your past purchases. When you delete a purchased track that is downloaded to your computer (like the first one shown here) you are asked if you also want to hide the song from iCloud. This would remove it from the computer and also stop it showing up with the iCloud symbol as the other tracks from that album (which are not downloaded) do.
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