A janitor at an Indiana elementary school went viral for his moving rendition of Journey's hit song, "Don't Stop Believin'," and recently caught the attention of Steve Perry himself, the band's original lead singer and fellow . song writer.

Richard Goodall, 53, of Terre Haute, Indiana, works as a custodian at Davis Park Elementary School.

He has worked at the Vigo County School Corporation for over 20 years.

At the end of the school year, the staff and students were celebrating fifth grade graduation with a talent show.

At the end of the show, Goodall was asked by the teachers to step up to the microphone to sing, a moment that, unbeknownst to Goodall, would end up spreading joy across the internet.

“It was all organic,” Goodall, who is also a father, told Fox News Digital.

"I plugged in 'Don't Stop Believin' and started singing and that was it."

Teachers at Davis Park know of Goodall's talent, so they ask her to sing almost every year.

He usually prepares a song like "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood.

But this year he chose Journey's 1981 hit "Don't Stop Believing'" to inspire kids.

"I just wanted them to not stop believing and thinking that they can do whatever they want," Goodall said.

Going viral: 'I never had this kind of response'
Mariah Denehie, a woman who works with one of Davis Park's students with special needs, posted a video of Goodall's performance on TikTok, Goodall said.

While singing, Goodall saw Denehie with her phone pointed at him, so she knew he was taking photos or recording video.

The next day, while Goodall was cleaning and waxing the school floors, Denehie told Goodall that she had posted a video of him on TikTok.

The clip caught the attention of Steve Perry, the former Journey lead singer who helped co-write "Don't Stop Believin."

Perry responded to the video on Twitter on June 29, writing, "I love this."

Perry also made the same comment on TikTok, where Goodall reposted the clip to her own profile.