"Eating Cars" is a concept that spans from surreal pop culture lyrics to literal medical anomalies and independent cinema. While it may sound like a single niche topic, it actually refers to several distinct cultural and physical phenomena. 1. The Pop Culture Origin: Blondie's "Rapture"
: The song specifically lists a diet of Cadillacs, Lincolns, Mercurys, and Subarus .
The most famous reference to eating cars comes from Blondie's 1980 hit , which made history as the first rap-featured song to reach #1 in the US.
: Debbie Harry raps about a "Man from Mars" who comes to Earth and "eats ya dead," and then you become him and "go out at night eatin' cars".