Richard Goodall’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ Performance at School Hall Surpasses 25 Million Views

You never know where you’re going to find the next amazing voice! But word of mouth has started to spread about Richard Goodall, a grade school janitor who performed a cover of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” for an audience of youngsters at a school assembly that mirrored a concert experience.

Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin" Goes On And On, Because We Need It To : NPR

Goodall, who hails from Terre Haute, Indiana, casually stepped up to the mic, using a boombox for musical accompaniment, and showed the kids that he had some amazing pipes. As you can hear in the video shared below, an audible “Oh god” response can be heard from an audience member after he sang the first line.

And the kids got into it as well, first waving their arms along to the song, then slowly rising to their feet to dance along, eventually providing Goodall with a standing ovation by the end of the video.

Goodall posted his first TikTok earlier this month, covering the Lee Greenwood song “God Bless the USA.” But things started to really take off once he posted the video of himself singing the Journey classic to the school assembly. Shared on Twitter (as seen below) by a poster under the moniker Arlong, the video has surpassed over 16.2 thousand “loves.” Arlong added in their post, “Nothing but respect for school janitors, especially ones like this.. People don’t realize how cool students actually become with the janitors. They really were the coolest adults in the building by far.”

He even got a response back on his performance from Journey’s original vocalist Steve Perry, who offered “I love this,” to which Goodall beamed, “Love your music, sir!!! Thank you for commenting. This means so much to me!!! Thank you.

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