Goin ' through the Big D - Wikipedia Goin ' through the Big D `` Goin ' Through the Big D '' Single by Mark Chesnutt from the album What a Way to Live B - side `` It 's Almost Like You 're Here '' Released October 18, 1994 ( 1994 - 10 - 18 ) Format CD Single, 7 '' Recorded Genre Country Length 2 : 34 Label Decca Songwriter ( s ) Mark Wright Ronnie Rogers John Wright Producer ( s ) Mark Wright Mark Chesnutt singles chronology `` She Dreams '' ( 1994 ) `` Goin ' Through the Big D '' ( 1994 ) `` Gonna Get a Life '' ( 1995 ) `` She Dreams '' ( 1994 ) `` Goin ' Through the Big D '' ( 1994 ) `` Gonna Get a Life '' ( 1995 ) `` Goin ' Through the Big D '' is a song written by Mark Wright, John Wright and Ronnie Rogers, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in October 1994 as the second single from his album What a Way to Live. It peaked at number 2 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the RPM country tracks charts in Canada. It was later the b - side to his 1997 single `` Let It Rain ''. Contents 1 Content 2 Chart performance 2.1 Year - end charts 3 References 4 External links Content The song 's main protagonist is going through a divorce and says that he is `` goin ' through the big D and do n't mean Dallas ''. Early on, the young man muses about his wife getting almost everything in the divorce settlement, including the house, while he only gets their Jeep. The house serves as the focal point for the man 's misery, until in the end he realizes that the house 's mortgage is due and it has just two bedrooms -- in essence, meaning he is relieved to have the marriage ended. Chart performance `` Goin ' Through the Big D '' debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of October 29, 1994. Chart ( 1994 -- 1995 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1995 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 22 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 57 References ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 92 -- 93. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/chesnutt_mark/611444/album.jhtml Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 2706. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 16, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Mark Chesnutt Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995 ''. RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1995 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Mark Chesnutt Studio albums Too Cold at Home Longnecks & Short Stories Almost Goodbye What a Way to Live Wings Thank God for Believers I Do n't Want to Miss a Thing Lost in the Feeling Mark Chesnutt Savin ' the Honky Tonk Heard It in a Love Song Rollin ' with the Flow Outlaw Compilation albums Greatest Hits Notable singles `` Too Cold at Home '' `` Brother Jukebox '' `` Blame It on Texas '' `` Your Love Is a Miracle '' `` Broken Promise Land '' `` Old Flames Have New Names '' `` I 'll Think of Something '' `` Bubba Shot the Jukebox '' `` Ol ' Country '' `` It Sure Is Monday '' `` Almost Goodbye '' `` I Just Wanted You to Know '' `` Woman, Sensuous Woman '' `` She Dreams '' `` Goin ' Through the Big D '' `` Gonna Get a Life '' `` Down in Tennessee '' `` Trouble '' `` It Would n't Hurt to Have Wings '' `` Wrong Place, Wrong Time '' `` It 's a Little Too Late '' `` Let It Rain '' `` Thank God for Believers '' `` It 's Not Over '' `` I Might Even Quit Lovin ' You '' `` I Do n't Want to Miss a Thing '' `` This Heartache Never Sleeps '' `` Fallin ' Never Felt So Good '' `` Lost in the Feeling '' `` She Was '' `` The Lord Loves the Drinkin ' Man '' `` I 'm a Saint '' `` Heard It in a Love Song '' `` Rollin ' with the Flow '' `` Lovin ' Her Was Easier ( Than Anything I 'll Ever Do Again ) '' Guest singles `` A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side '' ( with Tracy Byrd ) Related articles Discography This 1990s country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goin%27_Through_the_Big_D&oldid=668525122 '' Categories : 1994 singles 1994 songs Mark Chesnutt songs Songs written by Ronnie Rogers Songs written by Mark Wright ( record producer ) Decca Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Wright ( record producer ) 1990s country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 24 June 2015, at 21 : 12. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings going through the big d and don't mean dallas
Answer: American country music artist Mark Chesnutt