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"Sink the Bismark" (later "Sink the Bismarck") was written by Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks, based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, Horton released this song in 1960, where it reached no3 on the charts.It was inspired by the 1960 movie Sink the Bismarck!. While the song was used in U.S. theater trailers for the film, it was not used in the film itself.